Lehrman, 70, began collecting Lincoln's letters and papers as a U.S. history grad student at Yale in 1961.

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In Oxford, Ohio, Miami University student Mike Chase celebrated by shaving a friend's hair into the letters "USA" with two red stars.

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The Task Force received letters from organizations across the country backing the proposals to reduce student loan payments, help families with child care costs, enhance retirement security, and support family caregivers.

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In letters and articles, Brasillach dwelt on the male companionship that marked his student years, his brief period of captivity as prisoner of war and his five months in prison.

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Rice University professors Michelle Hebl and Randi Martin and graduate student Juan Madera, now an assistant professor at the University of Houston, reviewed 624 letters of recommendation for 194 applicants for eight junior faculty positions at a U.S. university.

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For now, parents should review financial-aid letters and look for contingency statements or discrepancies in awards (for example, if one school claims the student will receive a federal grant but another doesn't).

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