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...second-half effort wasn't enough, though, and Navy triumphed, 7-4. The defeat sent the Cantabs to the consolation bracket, where they faced Slippery Rock, I squad that went to Nationals last year and had beaten Harvard, 13-6, earlier this year...
...bracket expansion will prevent taxpayers whose incomes have been raised to offset inflation from being bumped into a higher tax bracket. For example, a family with taxable income of $30,000 this year will be able to earn $30,450 next year without its tax bill of $4,818 increasing. Without the new indexation, so-called bracket creep would have raised that family's 1985 taxes...
...opposition has waned. Walter Mondale has said that he is "committed to the principle" but has urged deferment of full indexation for wealthier taxpayers until the budget deficit is reduced. Republican Senator Robert Dole, chairman of the Finance Committee and a sponsor of tax indexing, hailed the elimination of bracket creep as a "day of triumph for all working Americans...
UMass, which is paired in the same bracket with Harvard, will face 13th-ranked Boston College in Saturday's first round action...
Mary Dinneen of Rollins, the third seed in the "A" bracket--and the sister of Harvard assistant coach John Dinneen--bested Harvard's Erika Smith in a second-round squeaker...