Word: aid
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fees from foreign firms for exploration of what may prove to be a huge reservoir of undersea oil off Indonesia's coastline. Pertamina goes its own way, and a very quiet way it is. It does not disclose figures on its operations but hands out lavish financial aid for army-encouraged projects. It also does very well by its own. On a salary of less than $100 a month, Sutowo recently threw a $60,000 wedding for his daughter, prompting one Djakarta newspaper to editorialize: "Crude oil smooths the way for love...
...taxpayer's revolt has hit Ohio, where public schooling is financed through a combination of state aid and local property taxes. Taxpayers turned down 166 out of 523 proposals to increase local school levies in November and vetoed 52 more out of 99 in a special election last month. The result is a statewide financial crisis for the schools. Some closed early for Christmas vacation. Others are meeting the challenge by freezing the size of the faculty and eliminating such "frills" as art and Russian. The schools in Canton plan to cut corners by delaying next fall...
Likewise, the Committee on Undergraduate Education will usurp the job of the HUC-sponsored Harvard-Radcliffe Policy Committee. But HRPC members plan to stay active, if not officially, to aid Dean May's curriculum reform study...
...With the aid of about the present number of graduate student teaching fellows," Vogt said, "I believe that such a program could not only be carried out, but that it would both improve the quality of our teaching and leave more time for the individual Faculty member to pursue his scholarly research and writing...
While Nixon said that Agnew would be "prepared to discuss bilateral matters" with heads of state, the Vice President is expected to reiterate the so-called "Nixon doctrine" enunciated by the President last July in Guam. At that time, the President promised to respect existing treaties and to continue aid, but he described a lower U.S. profile in Asia-with no more Viet Nams. "Most of Agnew's time will be spent listening," one aide confessed. "On his first trip, it would be a little presumptuous for him to be wheeling and dealing...