Word: cente
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Holy Cross, on the other hand, shot the lights out--especially in the first half--going 19-for-31 in the opening period and 32-for-55 (58 per cent) overall. For the most part unable to get the ball inside against Harvard's collapsible press, the Crusaders--especially Kevin Greaney (16), Eddie Thurman (16), and James Carlton (17)--just bombed the twines from the outside, connecting consistently on shots from the 15-20 foot range...
...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...