Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BOSTON--The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday refused to revive Governor Edward J. King's bill reorganizing and bailing out the bankrupt Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), while a pending court order could end King's emergency takeover of the system...
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials noticed the fire only after the inbound train had pulled to within 10 feet of the flames, an MBTA engineer who asked not to be identified said yesterday. He added that officials backed the train up and then evacuated the passengers, none of whom were injured...
...scheduled writers, a home for in-print and out-of-print small press publications, as well as Texas Circuit, and a gathering place for poets to meet informally. Robertson contrasts "... the spirit of cooperation between young, energetic writers and small presses here, with the highly competitive scene in the Bay Area." As for the importance of Brazos Book Store, Grady Hillman declares the inevitable comparison to City Lights is warranted...
Minnesota 38, Tampa Bay...
...Proposition 13 fever has been spreading across the country. This week tax-cutting measures appeared on ten state ballots. The tax revolt hit hardest in Massachusetts, a state that has long been dubbed Taxachusetts because of its high levies, including a property tax 70% higher than the national average. Bay Staters voted drastic relief in the form of Proposition 2½, which will limit a homeowner's property tax to 2.5% of the full market value, reduce the motor vehicle excise tax by 62% and allow renters to deduct 50% of then-annual rent from state income tax. State...