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...afford to pay higher fees for NPR's programs these days because they have a broader base of listeners to tap. New York City's WNYC just completed its strongest winter fund-raising drive, reaping $1.2 million, and in the past six years its budget has increased nearly threefold, to $24 million. "We get very little government support," says WNYC president Laura Walker, 45, "but our listeners come through...
...expanding the market. Says Donald Kaufmann, 52, an insurance agent in Baton Rouge, La., who just bought the new Nissan: "I felt I was getting a lot of car for the dollar." Since Honda introduced its S2000 in 1999, sales of the $35,000 roadster have jumped nearly threefold. Mazda's Miata, introduced in 1989, is still purring along, with around 15,000 sold each year. Though Chevy's Corvette celebrates its 50th birthday next year, it still accounts for a third of all U.S. sports-car sales, and with its price pushing $50,000, it turns a nice profit...
...Harvard student, you may be surprised at the phenomenon I have just described. If you are a Harvard student, your reaction is, perhaps, threefold...
School lunches are also drawing scrutiny for posing long-term hazards to children's health. At a time when childhood obesity is skyrocketing--there has been an almost threefold jump in the number of overweight teens since the 1970s--some school cafeterias look little different from food courts at the local mall. Many serve burgers and pizzas rife with full-fat meats and cheeses or simply turn the prep work over to franchises like Burger King and Papa John's, which have a burgeoning side business in catering school meals. "If nothing changes, a generation will be having heart bypasses...
...Commodores still outscored the Crimson threefold in the first 12 minutes, tallying 27 points to Harvard’s nine. Vanderbilt continued this trend and the Crimson was left with very little time to avoid the pain of a 52-point pickup, as the Commodores held its biggest lead at 84-32 lead with 2:44 remaining...