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...anything. We have no power to do so. Our second power is to to give money to student groups, to allocate money for events like Springfest. But even this is a woefully limited power. We have only enough money to give student groups a third of that which they request, leaving them feeling bitter and unsatisfied. And the funds left over for Springfest shamefully force the council to have no other option but to produce a Springfest which will inevitably be a disappointment to students. Thus, a better future for the council, I think, will necessitate an increase of funds...
...than exclusive. These aims are reflected in the diversity of people their campaign has attracted. Religion has never been mentioned as part of the King-Driskell campaign, nor are either King or Driskell members of the specific Christian organization, Christian Fellowship, to which an e-mail including a prayer request for the team was recently sent...
Freshman Loni Sherwin won the pole vault, a newwomen's event. Sophomore Marna Schutte won the500-meter, which the Harvard women do not usuallyrun, but did this weekend at B.C.'s request. Themen ran the 200-meter for the same reason...
...Some children get into a pattern of turning every request into a debate...Instead of trying to one-up the child with a better argument, the parent simply walks away." (Wimpy Parents: From Toddler to Teen--How NOT to Raise a Brat...
...mass air travel could come to the international routes only with a larger airplane--a much larger airplane. Trippe put the notion to his old friend Bill Allen, the boss of Boeing, saying he wanted a jet 2 1/2 times the size of the 707. It was a staggering request given the development cost of the 707. And Trippe didn't stop with size. Pam Am was operating the 707 with a seat-mile cost, at best, of 6.6[cents]. Trippe set for Boeing the goal of reducing that...