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But at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the endowment is used largely to lower tuition. Only about 10 percent of the university's revenue comes from tuition, and endowment covers the rest, according to Dean W. Currie '69, vice president for finance and administration.

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Growth Has muted Effects | 10/7/1997 | See Source »

"An analysis a few years ago indicated that even before financial aid is taken into account, the tuition covers only about half the cost of an education here-the rest is covered by annual giving and income from the endowment," said Harry R. Lewis '68, dean of the College.

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Endowment Growth Has muted Effects | 10/7/1997 | See Source »

Maybe so, but Martha and her growing World are indisputably a recipe for success. Her company will probably head for an initial public offering on Wall Street. With her newly launched products and media outlets, Stewart's influence reaches more than 30 million people a week, in addition to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATTENTION K MARTHA SHOPPERS | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

On the other hand, it obviously wasn't Vonnegut's intention to create a fine, textured novel. He speaks of Timequake not so much as an opus unto itself, but as the final chapter in a body of work that spans three decades and eighteen books, all of them still...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kilgore Was Here | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

Then there are the covers: versions of the British folk song "Greensleeves" and the Broadway-musical-derived "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" demonstrate Coltrane's skills as a jazz interpreter of any musical style. "Greensleeves," with its waltz meter and harmonic simplification, is very reminiscent of Coltrane's previous...

Author: By Abraham J. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Jazz Fortune Coltrane Left Behind | 10/3/1997 | See Source »

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