Word: compton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...test of the new line-ups for both Crimson squads will be how fast they cover water in this weekend's races. For the heavies, the main competition for the Compton Cup figures to be a Princeton crew that has had some early season difficulties...
...Tigers (2-2) gave the Crimson four tough races last year--including the Compton race, which Harvard copped by two and a half seconds--and were expected to challenge for the national title again this season. But the Princeton Eight got crunched by a strong Penn boat last weekend and dropped a closer contest to Navy in its season opener...
...awkwardly phrased query can quickly lead to information overload, generating hundreds of responses. At the same time, computers can be too efficient, eliminating what is called the serendipity factor. "The real joy of scholarly research is discovering something valuable in the process of looking for something else," says Arnold Compton, a retired schoolteacher from Arlington, Va. "You can't do that with a computer. Or at least I haven't figured...
Last week Mondale doggedly chased after Reagan from Orange County in California to an American Legion convention in Salt Lake City to a B'nai B'rith meeting in Washington. He poked and prodded, looking for soft spots. To a group of grocery workers in Compton, Calif., he portrayed Reagan as the friend of the rich, and tried hard to show his own indignation. "I'm mad. I'm angry. I'm damn mad," he insisted, looking pained. But speaking in Cupertino, Calif., the day before, Reagan had simply scoffed at "that pack of pessimists...
Pulling out charts and graphs at the Compton, Calif., gathering, Mondale hammered home on the "fairness issue, charging that the Administration's tax cuts are "tilted toward Mr. Reagan's rich friends." Using figures provided by the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and congressional sources, he showed that Reagan actually raised taxes 22% for those earning less than $10,000 a year, while families making between $20,000 and $30,000 "stayed even." By contrast, those earning between $100,000 and $200,000 got an 8% tax cut, worth $8,916 a year. Mondale promises...