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...addition to the hard-hitting Maine batters and the ever-present threat of a late-afternoon downpour, the Crimson had to contend with some questionable officiating during yesterday's twinbill. In both games, the umpires called apparently safe Harvard baserunners out at second and the strike zone was more suited to Nancy Lopez-Melton's swing than that of an intercollegiate softball player...
...reply, the Administration and its allies contend that no citizens poor or not poor, have any right to a given level of federal help. Taxpayers do have a right, the Reaganites say to hold on to as much of their income as the Government can spare while it collects enough in taxes to gradually eliminate the federal deficit and accommodate huge increases in defense outlays. In this view, a compassionate Government should continue to assist the disadvantaged, but the proper level of help has to be determined by the interests of society as a whole. Besides, the Administration says...
...society since the days of slavery." On one side are the crusaders "for life," who argue on religious and moral grounds that abortion is the murder of an unborn person (the fetus) and thus should be outlawed by constitutional amendment. On the other side are crusaders "for choice," who contend that abortion is a right that women must have if they are ever to be free to control their own bodies, indeed, their own lives...
Nonetheless, there are valid if irreconcilable arguments on both sides. There is, as the pro-lifers contend, a question of life involved with abortion; whether that life is labeled "potential" or "unborn," it cannot be dismissed lightly. Says Los Angeles Pro-Life Attorney George Crook: "I don't like to pull out bottled fetuses and parade them, but I do like to remind people of the historical, traditional emphasis this society has always placed on human life." Because of the paramount value they place on the developing life from the moment of fertilization, some pro-life zealots would outlaw...
Harvard's Economics Department may soon have to contend with some economic problems of its own. If Congress approves the Reagan administration's proposed budget cuts for next year, the department could lose nearly half a million dollars in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. NSF officials said this week Nearly half the department's faculty members receive NSF grants annually ranging from $40,000 to $80,000, Zvi Griliches, chairman of the department, said this week. He added that "40 per cent of our budget may simply disappear" if the cuts are approved...