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...drop from 23 to 18 per cent in 1977-78 reversed a five-year trend of increases in the percentage of women among newly-hired teachers, but Crooks said the figures for 1978-79 are back up to 21 per cent...
Voter turnout in Harvard area precincts was moderate to heavy yesterday, with about 55 per cent turnout reported by 7:30 p.m., a significant increase over the turnout in the last gubernatorial election four years ago, Edward J. Samp, one of Cambridge's four election commissioners, said yesterday...
...principal reason for the breast feeding decline." My review of studies from Third World countries and my own work suggests this is not the case. An analysis of recently published studies from five countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean suggests that no more than 6 per cent of mothers in any country said they gave up breast feeding in order to work...
...planting confusion in the voter's minds, the business community has kept the fate of Question One in doubt. From an advertising perspective, it is far easier for opponents of the amendment to say it does no good, than for proponents to convince voters that 100 per cent valuation is a serious danger...
...cent valuation really is a serious danger, and 100 per cent valuation is what Massachusetts will get if they defeat Question One. That's because a 1974 Supreme Court decision ordered cities and towns to conform to the law and bring their assessment up-to-date so everyone is taxed at full market?--100 per cent--of the value of their property. If Question One is defeated, that court decision will be implemented and $265 million in taxes will be shifted from commercial to residential property. In other words, a windfall for business and a serious blow to the already...