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...first round of the "losers" bracket. Washington & Lee rallied to tie the Crimson in the fourth quarter, but Co-Captain Rich Guerra pumped in the winning goal as Harvard stayed afloat, 11 9. And in the final of their bracket, the aquamen outlasted what Couch Steve Pike called "a physically intimidating" Missouri-at-Rolla squad. Junior Steve Munatones played a stellar defensive game, recording four steals and a block in the 15-13 victory...
...MacEachen had little good news for Canadians. He asked workers in public service jobs to accept a cut in wage increases, from 12.2% last year to 6% in this year's new contracts, and in effect raised taxes by limiting a provision that protected taxpayers from inflation-induced "bracket creep." The new budget did offer lower-interest loans to small businessmen and farmers and proposed an innovative plan that would tax interest earned from special term deposits only when the interest exceeded the inflation rate...
Basing his study on surveys going back to 1970 that covered 37,843 French workers from all income levels and all kinds of jobs, De Singly analyzed data for executive achievement in the 35-to-52 age bracket. Married men far outscored single men, and single women far exceeded married women. Among all men and women with at least two years of professional or university training, 43% of married men reach the executive level, compared with about 29% for single men, 21 % for single women and a feeble 6% for married women. De Singly's conclusion: married...
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...