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Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced on Wednesday that the City of Cambridge will lose approximately $2.6 million in local aid for the fiscal year ending June 30—a nearly 10 percent decrease from the $26.7 million in local aid originally allotted. The cut is part of a broader $128 million reduction announced last Friday. Patrick said the cut will be expanded to $375 million next year, pulling another $6.6 million from Cambridge, as part of an effort to close a $1.1 billion shortfall in the state’s budget. The state provides...
...would help clear the clogged pipeline of NIH projects, the Collaborative wants to ensure that there would be adequate long-term funding as well. The bill also allocates billions of dollars to increase the maximum award levels for Pell Grants and Stafford loans that go toward undergraduate financial aid. While Harvard’s comparatively generous aid program may dampen the need for such federal funding, Casey said that Harvard has tried to “raise [its] voice in the national interest and not simply in Harvard’s best interest.” —Staff...
...modest after two test sittings. We will continue to review each applicant carefully with all these factors in mind. WILLIAM R. FITZSIMMONS ’67 and MARILYN E. McGRATH ’70 Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 14, 2009 William R. Fitzsimmons is the Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid for Harvard College. Marilyn McGrath is the Director of Admissions for Harvard College...
...coined the term “soft power” to refer to the use of nonmilitary means such as cultural goods, diplomacy, and economic aid to attract allies to a cause. He later expounded on the policy in his 2004 book “Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics...
...shocked by the situation, but didn't want to add to it," Denis Muzet, director of the Médiascopie Institute which tracks public opinion, told Le Monde. "But now there's real anger. Banks have announced positive results for 2008 after the state extended over $26 billion in aid to them - even as some bankers resist government demands for something in return by trying to hang on to their bonuses. That feeds a feeling of profound injustice in public opinion that could give rise to a revolt...