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...upkeep of the house and the planning of activities are the responsibility of a house committee, consisting of Schmitt and two residents appointed by him. The committee assigns cleaning and maintenance jobs to everyone in the house, but hires women to cook and to clean up after meals. Elmbrook students pay room and board fees to the house which Collier said were "slightly higher than Harvard...
...like a million, but cost in the hundreds and got dirty, limp and frazzled like the real thing. No sooner was a girl washed, cut and set for the week than it was time to book another appointment-for her wig. Cheaper, synthetic versions did not require such constant upkeep, but then, neither does straw or barbed wire-which they closely resembled. Finally came a new blend of modacrylic fibers-that looked like hair, felt like hair, but could be washed and hung out to dry like a pair of stockings without losing a millimeter of style. Moreover, the lightweight...
...bill's sponsors-Rep. Timothy W. Hickey (D-Camb.) and Sen. Robert L. Cawley (D-Bos.)-claimed their proposal would provide a satisfactory solution to the stadium problem. Noting that upkeep of the stadium is costly, they said. "This will relieve the University from this continuous financial expense...
...tour business, Clark admits, still earns only enough to pay for the upkeep of the American Express offices abroad. But it has won customers for such other ventures as the teaching of foreign languages and the publication of Travel & Camera magazine, which Amexco established by purchasing and redesigning U.S. Camera and Travel magazine. In June, the company began a computerized service that can provide almost instantaneous reservations at some 250,000 hotel and motel rooms between Boston and Honolulu...
...three-member committee, headed by Sir Val Duncan, chairman of Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation Ltd., has been studying British representation abroad for a year. Their report, just released, may upend yet another British institution. Comparing Britain to "a man who decides that his requirements no longer justify the upkeep of a Rolls-Royce," the committee recommended "a significant reduction" in the size of the diplomatic service, a 50% slash in the size of overseas information departments, and a one-third cut in the number of armed-service attaches. Moreover, said the committee, the "balance of the workload" should be precisely...