Word: collectivity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should in fact be named the Yearly-Perfunctory-Ritual agreement. As Congress fails to meet the budget targets mandated by the amendment, taxpayers will be treated to yet another annual showdown, like those that often accompany the passage of the budget. A two-fifths minority (not difficult to collect) will attempt to force concessions by threatening to force concessions by threatening to block the now-necessary bypass vote. At worst, the stalemate will subject the federal government to short annual shutdowns; at best, pernicious back-room deals will be, even more than today, the lubricant that keeps the creaky machinery...
...Harvard men's hockey team, it came yesterday after a rather Lean Monday. No celebrating on this Mardi Gras--just a day off from practice for the team to collect its wits and get ready for a weekend trip to Dartmouth and Vermont...
John B. Trainer is the outgoing sports editor. Please send questions and complaints to John B. Trainer, c/o The Crimson--Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. And please, call collect...
Harvard uses a rapid earthquake analysis system developed here to collect world-wide earthquake data automatically...
...households getting Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the largest component of welfare, by 33% since 1989, to nearly 5 million. And most people's reliance on welfare is transitional. If patterns hold, half of today's recipients will be off the rolls within two years. Just 2% collect checks for more than a decade...