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...determined, even though one would have hoped that an elementary sense of prudence would have kept the UC from launching this initiative without finalizing such a crucial detail. But whatever the final price turns out to be—some estimates predict as much as $4 million??the fundraising required to generate it will far exceed reasonable expectations...
...plans for The Globe amount to the same tired tactics that have been tried time and again—pay reductions and layoffs for Globe staff. While this might staunch a small portion of the blood—the target is to reduce the losses to $65 million??it is hardly a long-term solution. After all, given The Times’s own deteriorating finances, a $65 million loss doesn’t seem very sustainable over the long haul either...
...Matt Birk ’98, who had a long career at center for his hometown Minnesota Vikings, amassing six Pro Bowl selections. As an unrestricted free agent this offseason, Birk was snatched up by the Baltimore Ravens to the tune of three years, $12 million??six of which are guaranteed. Not too shabby.The team with the most Ivy Leaguers is undoubtedly the New York Giants. Their 2007 roster that upset the undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII included Cornell’s Kevin Boothe, Brown’s Zak DeOssie, and Penn’s Jim Finn...
...system that would “bring into each group men from different parts of the country, men with different experience, and as far as possible social condition.” By 1931, all seven Houses had been built, funded—at a total cost of about $13 million??entirely by Harkness. In 2008 dollars, this would amount to over $155 million. The clamor of moving beds and bureaus signaled that this “national and democratic” microcosm Lowell and Harkness had envisioned was complete...
...that her own experience as a Law School student shaped not only her character, but her vision for the future of the school and her approach to her next would-be position as solicitor general in President Barack Obama’s administration.‘ONE OF A MILLION??Kagan speaks fondly of her years at the Law School but acknowledges that her positive memories were the exception rather than the norm.“When I was here in the mid-80s, those weren’t the best years. That was the baseline...