Word: hike
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However, former council treasurer Sterling P.A. Darling '01 called the hike excessive, and said that last year's loss on the shuttles was due to poor organization by the council. In fact, he said, last year was the only year that the council lost money on the service...
...argued that if the council put more effort into selling the tickets this year, the shuttles could break even without a price hike...
Several council members also objected to using the hike in order to make money on ticket sales...
...know the calculus by now. A slowing economy is just what Greenspan wanted, because it keeps inflation at bay. And that means in December, with a suspenseful spring ahead, Uncle Alan will probably spare the markets another interest-rate hike. Which means cheaper money, more corporate investment - the whole bag of tricks that these markets love so well...
...career has been conducted behind the scenes--the Intelligence Committee, one of four on which he sits, does much of its work in private. His campaign team is frustrated by Allen's in-your-face approach and his habit of harping on the 50[cents]-per-gal. gas-tax hike Robb proposed in 1993. They're trying desperately to focus on Robb's strengths, such as his support for the Balanced Budget Act in the Senate and his success as Governor in raising teachers' salaries. As strategist David Doak put it, "You can't spend all your time trying...