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EACH of us makes economic decisions everyday that worsen the environmental crisis. It is therefore within our capacity to take steps to reverse it. Although business decisions made at the corporate and national levels bear proximate responsibility for most environmental destruction, the choices we make as consumers ultimately render us just as culpable...
...spent $800 at the Coop last year, so the .8 percent only means a miniscule difference of $6.40," said David C. Bear '92. "However, the principle of it is disturbing because they're supposed to be efficient, but this makes the Coop seem less efficient...
Because of Proposition 2-1/2, only 35 percent of $109.5 million in taxes to be levied this year will come from personal property, while commerce and industry will bear 65 percent of the tax burden, said Kevin T. McDevitt, one of the city's two principal assessors. He added that residential property will make up the lowest percentage of the tax base in recent history...
Last week's elections provide a ray of hope. Several candidates running as political progressive were elected as representatives. These new council members now bear the burden of working together to convince the whole council to maintain the political role it has taken on in recent years--and to expand that role by building a convincing and progressive student position on what the University's mission really should...
While B.A.T hired astute managers, the other two investors failed to recognize the industry's finicky and cyclical nature. Says Monroe Greenstein, who follows retailers for Bear, Stearns: "These people are developers and financiers. While they may be savvy about other types of business, they don't have that retail knowledge." The new owners may not have such problems. Among the most probable bidders are Little Rock's Dillard and St. Louis' May stores. In this industry, at least, ownership may shift back to U.S. hands...