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...think it is important for our students to understand about repayment, but it has increased our work load by about 3000 students," Martha C. Lyman, acting director of financial aid, said Monday...
Once his tax measures are drawn up by the Finance Committee, Long steers them through the full Senate with consummate finesse. One favorite tactic is to load bills with amendments he is willing to jettison. As each proposal goes over board, Long ? the model of compromise and sweet reason ? exacts support for the points that are truly dear to his heart. Says Majority Leader Robert Byrd: "He cut his teeth on this institution, and he's probably the most skillful tactician on the floor in managing his bills...
...conductor will have a reduced teaching load so he can concentrate on performing rather than on academic research, Kathleen Sweeney '80, an RCS member, said last week...
...trend threatens to make longshoremen as redundant as pick-and-shovel coal miners. It once took 100 longshoremen working around-the-clock for a week to load and unload cargoes on a conventional freighter; 40 to 50 men can do the same job on a container ship in less than a day. Although U.S. cargo traffic has soared by 276% since container ships first appeared, the number of longshoremen working the docks nationwide has declined from 150,000 to 90,000. In New York, I.L.A. membership has dropped from...
Rudolph Valentino was among the most put-upon of movie stars. Forced to live in-and with-a screen persona that could not have been at wider variance from his true spirit; bearing the crushing load of fame in an era unfamiliar with violations of privacy; bewildered by two absurd marriages and harassed by studio bosses intent on protecting their "property" at the expense of the man, he provides the stuff of primal screen drama...