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...budget cuts also came under initial assault at a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee Senator Edward Kennedy waved a copy of a 1977 press release in which Stockman, then a Congressman, assailed the $3 billion Clinch River Breeder Reactor project in Tennessee as "totally incompatible with our free market approach to energy policy." Kennedy wondered why Stockman was not urging that this project be killed. Democrats suspect it was saved to keep Tennessee's Senator Baker happy, but Reagan is on record as favoring development of breeder reactors as a means of making nuclear plants more efficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Budget Blitz Rolls On | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...shorthanded goal to cut the Cornell lead to 5-3 at 10:38 of the third period. But the red-hot Cornell power play, which had already connected twice on the evening, clicked again at 11:53, when Geoff Roeszler gunned a slapshot past Crimson goalie Mark Whiston to clinch the victory...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cornell Denies Icemen, 7-3 | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...three executed nearly flawless dives, but Stone received scores of 8 and 8 1/2 to clinch the contest by less than one point over Liner...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Aquawomen 4th at Ivies; Stone Shines in 3-Meter | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

Crimson captain Ellie Cunningham didn't need to think much during her match, a five-game triumph characterized by both player's lack of finesse. After slugging it out with Roz Saregan for four games, Cunningham took the last four points of the fifth game to clinch...

Author: By Ari M. Lieman, | Title: Racquetwomen Beat Williams, Still Undefeated With 6-1 Win | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

Number eight and nine, senior Chris Gabrieli and freshman Tal Johnson, pulled off four-game triumphs. Gabrieli lost the second game of his match, 17-15, but went on to clinch the win with a 18-16 fourth-game victory. Johnson, part of a strong freshman squash class, overcame opening-game jitters to breeze past his opponent...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Crimson Racquetmen Squash Army, 8-1 | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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