Word: wisconsin
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...other ideas, however, and are talking of levying a war tax to highlight their opposition to reinforcing the 68,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan. "If this war is important enough to expand and fight, then it ought to be important enough to pay for," Representative David Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, tells TIME. "If we don't, we run the risk of devouring every dollar that would otherwise be used to rebuild our own economy." He argues that the domestic initiatives of both Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson stalled because of the wars...
...five Harvard College Scholars are Darryl W. Finkton Jr. ’10 from Indiana, Eva Z. Lam ’10 from Wisconsin, Roxanne E. Bras ’09 from Florida, Jean A. Junior ’09 from Michigan, and Grace Tiao ’08 from Georgia...
Regents at the 174,000-student University of Wisconsin system have adopted tuition hikes of 5.5% for the past three years. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly says the "modest and predictable" increases have allowed the university to avoid curbing enrollment or cutting programs even as class sizes increase. UW-Madison's tuition still ranks as one of the lowest...
...says vet schools have distinct emphases and reputations—Tufts for small animal research, University of Wisconsin for livestock, and University of Pennsylvania for horses, to name...
...paid Palin a seven-figure advance for her memoir, plans an initial print run of 1.5 million copies. There are plenty of ways to move the product. Pledge cards placed on every seat at the event last week promoted a deal: a contribution of $1,000 or more to Wisconsin Right to Life in return for an autographed copy of Palin's book and membership in a new and as-yet-undefined group, Sarah's Rogues. (Read "How Did Sarah Palin Write Her Memoir So Fast...