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...just my guess, but I would say that under this bill there will be more permits denied than granted," James Remeika '68, assistant director of the Rent Control Board said last week. "It's certainly not going to be easy. if someone is 80 years old and has lived in an apartment for 45 years, and in Cambridge all his life, then there is a pretty good chance the board will find it to be a hardship case and not allow the conversion," Remeika added...
...wishful thinking, responds Sullivan. "I haven't heard of a single condo being occupied. When the law is broken, I assume the person will be prosecuted and end up with a $500 fine and a criminal record for the rest of his or her life," Sullivan said, adding, "The bill has dried up the market. Anyone buying up a unit with the hope of ever occupying it is in real trouble...
...strong logical presumption that anyone with that much power must lead an interesting life. There's no definitive Nixon biography yet, but the books of Woodward and Bernstein hint at just how fascinating that book could be. There's no definitive LBJ biography yet either, mostly because Bill Moyers won't write it, but his, too, was a big life, a larger-than-life life. But Jerry Ford comes from a different mold--he fell into his job. He made it to the top the way officers advance in the Army: he got along by going along. And that meant...
House members voted 252-163 to reject the amendment to the $42.1 billion defense authorization bill, and instead instructed President Carter to study the matter...
...difference between the loan guarantee and the tax credit is, however, more one of form than of content. If the government guaranteed a loan of $750 million to Chrysler, and the company went bankrupt, the government--through the tax-payers--would foot the bill. If the government advanced Chrysler the money through the tax credit instead, it would take the risk of never getting its money back. But the choice between the two is like a choice between apples and oranges--pay now, pay later, it's all a matter of taste...