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...prices climb faster than ivy, the leaders, not surprisingly, are the prestigious private schools. Tiny (550 students) Bennington College in Vermont and science giant (4,300 undergraduates) M.I.T. are the costliest. Their tabs, says the College Board: just over $17,000. And the schools believe they are worth it. "We offer extraordinary facilities, extraordinary faculty, extraordinary peers and the best talent available," says M.I.T. Admissions Director Michael Behnke. There is another factor too. "You are paying for prestige," says William Park, professor of English at Sarah Lawrence ($16,285) and a graduate of Princeton...
...m.p.h. limit, the U.S. Department of Transportation can withhold up to 10% of that state's federal highway funds. The department monitors compliance electronically with subterranean sensors. For two years Arizona has not been in compliance, and stands to lose $5 million worth of highway funds so far; Vermont and Maryland have also failed to meet compliance standards, but are contesting federal methods for compiling speeding data...
...here with Nicaragua and the way the Administration uses the CIA to run its paramilitary operations." He added, "I don't know how we can run a responsible operation down there when every Tom, Dick and Harry is trying to do their own part." Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said U.S. officials were looking the other way when arms deals skirted the edge of the law. Said he: "If Americans are led to go into Nicaragua, either directly or indirectly, either by a wink or shrug, or by somehow being given the idea they...
Harvard could not maintain the offensive surge when it returned home, though, as Vermont downed the Crimson 1-0. Harvard managed two goals in the next three games and went 1-2 during the lull...
...what happened next? Harvard won four straight games, manhandling No. 10 Vermont and No. 11 Maine with the efficiency and purpose of a team possessed...