Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Because of a flaw in the computer program that assigned freshmen to Houses, sophomore men and women next year will enter Currier House at a 2.8:1 ratio and Mather House at 2.6:1 ratio--both over the 2.5:1 ceiling CHUL had established...
Since the Federal Farm Loan Act was passed in 1916, Government credit programs have helped borrowers who could not obtain money from regular savings institutions. One of the most successful was the Rural Electrification Administration, which, beginning in 1936, provided the money that lighted American farm communities. More recently, Dwight Eisenhower's Sputnik- inspired student loan program helped deserving kids go to college. Federal agencies frequently lend money directly on bargain terms. Some Farmers Home Administration credits carry interest rates of 1%. More often, the Government guarantees loans from private sources, such as the proposed $1.5 billion line...
Like so many Government programs, the federal loan agencies quickly developed their own constituencies and lived long after the initial goals had been achieved. Now that 98.7% of American farms have lights, the Rural Electrification Administration has kept alive by moving into telephone and even cable TV loans. The Farmers Home Administration, which was set up to help farmers buy land, has guaranteed credit to a ski resort, a distressed steel company and at least two Ramada Inns. Financial hardship is not always a criterion. In 1978 Congress opened the student loan program, which charges only 7% interest, to everyone...
...will broadcast the opera as a miniseries, one act each night following the April 13 program. The rare hour is the first one, because Opening Night is the work of people who know the opera world, relish its absurdities and are candid enough to show the temperaments that make it grand...
...Brethren, Woodward & Armstrong (2) 5. Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, Cousins (4) 6. Ordeal, Lovelace with McGrady (10) 7. How You Can Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate, Lowry (8) 8. Men in Love, Friday 9. The Third Wave, Toffler 10. The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin with McGrady...