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...other MX basing modes thus far considered. Furthermore, the President's proposal to harden existing silos fails to address the problem of land-based IBCM vulnerability because it is impossible where they are threatened by a modest improvement in Soviet accuracy. A 30 per cent increase in accuracy, for example, can compensate for a tripling of the hardness of the silo...
...petition would allow the city to spend more money on education, public safety, and other municipal services by charging property taxes above the maximum of 2 1/2 per cent currently allowed by law, Cambridge officials said yesterday...
...Over 40 per cent of the people in Cambridge voted against [2 1/2]," City Councilor Daniel J. Clinton, said yesterday, but he added that because of the extreme nature of the budget cutbacks he hadn't heard of anyone on the City Council being against [the petition...
Proposition 21/2 was passed last year in a state-wide referendum and forced all Massachusetts cities and towns to reduce property tax rates to 21/2 per cent of the assessed value while prohibiting reassessment. It has caused large budget reductions in most communities' education, fire and police forces and other city services...
Students, store managers say, are turning more often to paperbacks, priced out of the hardcover market where costs are soaring 12 to 14 per cent annually. Many publishers are introducing a larger number of books as paperbacks to reduce costs. However, instead of producing a wide range of books, the paperback boom seems to be leading to a surfeit of books about dead and/or fat cats...