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Hardcover books can be so forbidding, can't they? Those imposing, inflexible covers, that terrifying $20-plus price tag. Whereas paperbacks--so soft, so yielding, so informal, so ... cheap. Some of last spring's best books are just coming out in paperback, so if you waited till now to read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 6 Great Books You Might Have Missed | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

As Moore learned when he visited Austin, Bush's fascination with Social Security began before he got to Washington. As Governor, his advisers say, he was struck by the experiences of local governments in places like Galveston County that had allowed their employees to opt out of government retirement plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Really A Crisis? | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

On average, institutions reported slightly lower spending rates, showing a drop to 4.8 percent from 4.9 the previous year. The percent of institutions’ operating budgets funded by their endowments increased at the largest institutions but decreased for small institutions, yielding an overall decrease from 13 percent to 11...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Returns Spike | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

On average, institutions reported slightly lower spending rates, showing a drop to 4.8 percent from 4.9 the previous year. The percent of institutions’ operating budgets funded by their endowments increased at the largest institutions but decreased for small institutions, yielding an overall decrease from 13 percent to 11...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Returns Spike | 1/9/2005 | See Source »

The University’s revenues and expenses both rose about 5 percent to $2.6 billion, yielding an operating surplus of $37 million. The previous year’s expenses increased 8 percent over fiscal year 2002.

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Expenses Rose in Fiscal Year '04 | 12/7/2004 | See Source »

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