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After suffering an upset loss in the first round yesterday, Crimson top seed Elizabeth Evans bulldozed her way through the division A consolation bracket. The Santa Monica. Calif, native dropped only three games in six sets of tennis en route to the consolation championship...
...being forced to postpone retirement saving. Barry Murphy, 49, is a Boston stockbroker who sells IRA plans, but he cannot afford to start one for himself because he has one child in college and three in private schools. Says he: "Annual jumps in tuition prevent anyone in my age bracket and socioeconomic group from saving. My friends are in the same financial bind." So far, such family budget considerations are proving to be more important in decisions on whether to save than all the tax breaks Congress dreamed...
Depending on the decision of the tournament committee, which will meet by telephone hook-up sometime Sunday, Harvard may have already secured itself a spot in the eight-team NCAA bracket. Four ECAC teams will be selected, but not necessary the four--Clarkson. New Hampshire, Northeastern and Harvard--that play at the Garden Friday. Three times, the committee has decided that a team which lost in the quarterfinal round deserved a shot at the championship, and all three times that team--Boston University twice and Wisconsin (last year)--has gone on to win the national title. It is conceivable...
...becoming staggering. One index of interest rates on such municipal bonds shows them averaging around 13%, almost exactly double the rate in 1979. That is a truly astonishing rate, because the interest on these bonds is exempt from federal income taxes; for a buyer in the 50% tax bracket, a 13% municipal-bond yield is equivalent to a 26% yield on a corporate bond. Moreover, states and cities are incurring these costs at a time when the recession is crimping tax receipts and the Reagan Administration's budget-cutting efforts are curbing the flow of federal grants...
Even if you thought you'd heard all the firsts in Crimson tennis last year-find Ivy championship in ten years, first BCAC championship and NCAA bid since c. 1900, find All-American (Howard Sands) ever--the squad produced another one on its journey through the ITCAs consolation bracket. After dismissing Southern IIIinois--Edwardsville 6-2 to advance to the semifinals, Harvard edged Wichita State 5-3 for its first ever victory over a nationally-ranked team. Beren and Rob Loud keyed the win against the fifteenth-ranked Shockers, coming from way back to capture the decisive doubles match...