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Princeton looked like if it would blow the game away early on. The Tiger took a 10-0 lead over the Lions...
Reagan's tax cuts only worsened the skew. Though income tax rates were reduced in all brackets, the cuts were tilted heavily toward the upper end of the scale. In addition, Social Security taxes about tripled, to a top of $3,379.50 this year. The blow fell most heavily on the middle and lower classes, since the Social Security tax exempts the portion of wage and salary incomes above $45,000 a year and all income from interest, dividends and rent. The result: according to a Congressional Budget Office study, only the top 10% of the population received a significant...
Lewis' aim in Seoul was to recapture the four gold medals he had won in Los Angeles four years earlier. The first blow to his dream came when Ben Johnson left him behind in the 100-meter sprint. Lewis' quadruple quest was suddenly revived when the gold medal was awarded to him by default after Johnson's positive test for steroids. Lewis seemed to be headed for another gold in the 200 meters, but was inched out at the tape by his teammate and friend Joe DeLoach. "Now the world knows how well Joe is running," Lewis said after...
...scissors switch was the first blow the Harvard Rugby Football Club landed in its 24-6 victory over Northeastern last weekend...
Late Wednesday night, Air Force weather spokesman Mike Beeman estimated there was a 90 percent chance the weather would permit a launch today. But he said winds that were currently 10 knots out of the north were expected to shift to eastnortheast by morning, which would blow across the landing runway. Launch criteria allows no more than a 12-knot crosswind, in case the orbiter must return for an emergency landing...