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...sense Bok's proposal, if implemented, would go a step further even than that of Reagan's lieutenants. They aver that their projected and cuts will preserve students' "access" to higher education, limiting only their right to "choose" the higher-priced--and incidentally more prestigious--institutions. Bok's formulation implies that some students do not even deserve access...
...Party by naming Schweiker, then something of a liberal, as his prospective running mate. The maneuver made Schweiker an instant convert to strict conservatism, although it failed to win the nomination for Reagan. Schweiker's G.O.P. Senate colleagues regard him with reservations. Says one: "He's Mr. Aver age in ability, but he's tenacious and might make a very good Cabinet officer if he has a strong back-up staff." Reagan thinks so highly of Schweiker that he might well enter the inner Cabinet...
...befuddlement is "The Liquor & Wine Pocket Saver," a small slide rule that compares prices in both standard and metric sizes. Example: if the old quart of one whisky brand went for $15.14, the 1.75-liter bottle should cost $27.99, the 4-liter model $63.95. At many liquor stores, Pocket $aver is on the house, plus...
...report that "the things we have tried to achieve in the past by flashing a V sign, we try now through wishing." Son Sean, 3, is "beautiful," their plants are healthy, the cats are "purring." Lest anyone be hurt by the very private life they have been leading, they aver that their "silence is a silence of love and not of indifference. Remember, we are writing in the sky instead of on paper-that's our song...
...naturally prefer to have crab fanciers feed them its "special dinner mix" at $2 per 3-oz. shaker. Many owners buy fancy shells to serve as crab pads, coral trees for them to play in and, of course, leashes. Though they have less personality than, say, dolphins, fond owners aver that they are never crabby and are quite unshellfish...