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...people both accountable and responsible.” An increasing number of opponents, though, believe that this policy leaves some of Harvard’s schools in danger. Critics often mention that FAS and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have a combined endowment of nearly $8 billion??a sum that exceeds the total endowment of all but four universities—while the School of Education and Design School only have access to endowments of under $500 million...

Author: By Dominic A. Hood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...afford to give trillion-dollar tax cuts and to set aside $100 billion??1 percent of its GNP—for a war with Iraq, he said, then it can contribute more than $200 million...

Author: By Kim Jiramongkolchai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sachs Urges U.S. To ‘Step Up’ for the U.N. | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...large pig van leads the chain of vehicles, with “Pentagon. $396 Billion?? painted on its side. Two smaller piggy banks follow, reading “Education K-12. $34 Billion?? and “World Hunger and Poverty. $10 Billion...

Author: By Stephanie M. Skier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pigs Parade Through Harvard Square | 8/9/2002 | See Source »

...received from these blocked mergers since most mergers of large, competing companies fail. For proof, look at the fates of MCI Worldcom and AOL Time Warner, two companies whose plans for world domination through merger have failed of late. AOL just recorded the largest quarterly loss—$54 billion??in corporate history, and Worldcom’s CEO Bernie Ebbers has just resigned under pressure from his board for his poor management...

Author: By Alex F. Rubalcava, | Title: Caveat Emptor Isn't Enough | 5/1/2002 | See Source »

Last year, for example, the endowment surged $4.4 billion to $19.2 billion??a 30 percent leap. This year, the endowment dropped to $18.3 billion...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Drop Is First in 17 Years | 9/27/2001 | See Source »

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