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...example, one major insurance company ran an advertisement arguing for limited product liability laws, urging people to "Write a letter to your legislators. Be heard." Such action seems to be grassroots lobbying according to the IRS tax code which prohibits the deduction of expenses "in connection with any attempt to influence the general public...with respect to legislative matters..." In a letter to the subcommittee, however, the company denied conducting grassroots lobbying; it presumably deducted the costs of the advertisement. The American taxpayer thus footed some of the costs of this company's political advocacy...
...ATTEMPT to discourage the growing numbers of students who flock to University Health Services (UHS) each examination period for medical excuses, the Faculty Council last week ruled that starting next fall an asterisk will appear on transcripts to mark courses in which students have taken make-up exams. The Faculty Council adopted the policy, citing the 300 per cent increase over the last five years in the number of students "sicking out"--as taking a medical excuse is called...
Meanwhile, the Harvard bats were handcuffed by missed opportunities and summer camp umpiring. The classic empty-hander came in the top of the fifth. DH Chuck Marshall walked to lead off the inning, and Burke St. John kept him on first when his sacrifice attempt was popped up to first. Catcher Joe Wark then moved Marshall to third with a sharp single to left and put two runners in scoring position when he went to second on a wild pitch...
...explanation is so simplified, though, that one must take care not to relax his critical faculties. Although the authors attempt to offer an objective analysis, as advocates of the theory, they tend to be overenthusiastic. It's not that they do not present opposing views (which they do), it's just that Woodcock and Davis always get the last word. Every objection is countered, and for a while it seems as if catastrophe theory really is the successor to the calculus--until the authors present a series of applications of their own device. The reader's reaction to these examples...
Because of the slippery conditions, Stiles did not attempt to improve his vault mark after clinching the competition. Last night at the team banquet, Stiles received the Harwood Pole Vault Award for the fourth straight year...