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...There is a direct linkage between the cost ofa college and the amount of student aidavailable," Carnes said. "The function of asubsidy is to keep prices...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: College Tuition Increases Once Again Exceed Inflation | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...reason I can function, while so many musicians can't, is that I consciously surround myself with a group of people who, if they see me go glassy-eyed, know it is their job to get me from point A to point B without getting myself killed," Woods says...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Making Folk Music With a Hard Edge | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Scott said that although Quincy will have the same respnsibilities as his predecessor, John B. Williams III, the new name is "a clear statement by the University that this is an important function." He added "that doesn't mean it was less important when John did it." Williams' title was "assistant to the president...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: New Affirmative Action Director Announced | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...think it would be difficult for a president[at Medgar Evers] to function. The president atthe institution needs the support of the system inorder to be effective. I'm not so sure how muchsupport they get," Loney said...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Counter, Medgar Evers Spar Over Job | 8/2/1988 | See Source »

...protection. That decision sparked some Democratic demands for Reagan to seek congressional approval under the War Powers Act, especially after an Iraqi jet accidentally hit the U.S. frigate Stark with an Exocet missile, killing 37 American sailors. But political heat died down as the U.S. oil convoys continued to function. The Democratic Party platform adopted last week, for example, endorsed freedom of navigation in the gulf as a desirable U.S. foreign-policy objective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf On the Brink of Peace | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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