I know many hard - working FinAid officers who try to balance the need of the student with the need of the school . Putting together a program that is attractive enough without giving it all away is a challenge . The problem is the image colleges have created that the admissions and financial aid system is mechanical and " blind " . That only the " best " get in when in reality it is the " best " of what kind of student they need .

A: What may happen before a FinAid officer decided on financial aid for students ?

Yesterday , on Tuesday , I had a bundle of cables with news about the meeting in Japan of the most highly industrialized powers . I shall leave that material and take it up some other time , if it does not grow cold and stale . I decided to take a rest .

A: Assuming the text was written today , what day is today ?

My sister was inbetween health insurances in her job , and of course , needed emergency gall bladder surgery . The surgeon wanted $ 4000 , they agreed on $ 2000 . She had the surgery , and when she told me the cost , as a Medical Biller I advised her that ins co have fee schedules and would pay between $ 500 and $ 900 depending on the co.

A: Why may the sister and her family be so stressed out ?

I ' m not sure exactly how it got started but on Monday night after dinner , the six of us sat around the table and told stories to each other for 40 minutes or so . I think Emi asked us to tell a funny story from when we were little so we told a couple of Chikara 's funny stories and then Emi told a story and then Misaki and then Sakura and even Natsuki told us a story . It was hysterical and it just went on and on .

A:
How did the narrator feel about the gathering ?