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...University resolved to find a successor to Pusey who could boast a decidedly more modern outlook on campus life...
...River valley's most prosperous farmers, the sugar-beet growers, show little fear. Beet-sugar producers like to boast that they are not directly helped by Washington; in fact, the government restricts imports of raw sugar and provides cheap loans to farmers so they can market their beets when prices are highest. Last month the Government Accounting Office called the program a "cartel" that costs consumers $1.4 billion annually in higher sugar prices. Throughout the spring, officials from American Crystal Sugar, the large local beet cooperative, have made repeated trips to Washington to save some part of "the sugar program...
Since Harvard guarantees all of its undergraduates housing for each of their four years, the housing office can boast that 96 percent of students live in the residential Yard or House system...
...players boast impressive credentials. Despite recent complaints against the selfishness of some NBA players, basketball is perfectly poised to resurrect the image of sports and sports figures which was damaged by the hockey lockout and baseball strike. The current NBA playoffs provide the perfect forum for unveiling the new savior of American sports...
Years ago, the Fresh Pond area was composed primarily of swamp land, brick yards and cattle yards. Little says. Today, the lands surrounding Fresh Pond boast many businesses, malls and theaters...