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...fund-raiser—the last one that Kerry will attend before the election—required a minimum donation of $1,000 to attend the pre-dinner cocktail reception and $5,000 to attend the entire program...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kerry Hits Boston For Fund-Raiser | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

While Rutgers and other schools insist that students seeking a spot in their recovery housing be substance free for at least a few months before starting the program, Case has no sobriety minimum. Indeed, a Recovery House resident admits that he had his last drink as recently as Aug. 1. The only requirements Case imposes are that students be serious about kicking their habit and agree to attend regular support-group meetings. Andy, 20, a former fraternity president, is thrilled to be free of the "distractions" that led him to fail most of his classes last semester. "When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Campus: Goodbye to the Binge: The Recovery House | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

...them down the hierarchy, causing some to dub it la cremallera (the zipper). He canned the previous government's pharaonic €4 billion plan to divert water from the Ebro River in the north to drier regions further south, proposing a more modest desalinization program instead. He increased the minimum wage, pledged to do the same for pensions, and launched an unprecedented war against the dark side of Spanish machismo, stiffening laws against domestic violence and proposing the legalization of gay marriage and rapid, no-fault divorces. A radical democrat committed to feminism is a major departure for Spanish politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Zen Of Zapatero | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

...perhaps even the suggestion that the world should one day vote would be enough to inspire a higher turnout come November. Maybe Americans would be so appalled by my idea that they actually got themselves to a polling place to make sure foreign influence was kept to a minimum. Fair enough. I just hope they realize that their vote affects the rest of us. Whether we like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Modest Proposal: Global Suffrage | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

...What the federal minimum wage, currently $5.15, would be if it had grown at the same rate since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 13, 2004 | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

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