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Word: optional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students say the option of paying by credit makes getting into serious debt a relatively easy task...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Credit Troubles Burden Students | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...costs were quite substantial and far in excess, from a corporate perspective, of any benefit that the institution could derive," says Thomas S. McGurty, vice president for finance and treasurer at Tufts. "I think many people, quite frankly, were using [the payment option] to realize frequent flier miles. It just didn't make economic sense for the institution as a whole...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Word From Harvard: No Charge! | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...response to the option, according to Manager of Student Financial Services Christine M. Gravell-Santos, has been astounding...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Word From Harvard: No Charge! | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

Menick exploded with three consecutive carries for 19 yards to put the ball at the Cornell 3. Wilford then rushed left on an option keeper to score for the Crimson, with Giampaolo's extra point giving Harvard a quick 17-10 lead with 9:42 remaining in the third quarter...

Author: By Cathy Tran, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Football Blows Win at Cornell | 10/12/1999 | See Source »

...returned. This time doctors recommended immediate--and even more serious--surgery: removal of parts of his stomach and small intestine. Although physicians told him there was no alternative, Nichols stubbornly decided to find one. Says his sister Elizabeth Troy: "He believed anything could be done. Failure was never an option, ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cure Crusader | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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