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...Harvard's infield will be freshman second baseman Gaylord Lyman. Winning in college baseball depends on making the makeable play (something Kelley excelled at), and for Harvard to contend the rally-snuffing twin-killings must be there. Lyman's hitting ability and even his range are secondary, but his consistency will be a litmus-test of this squad. If he plays a steady, smart second base, the Crimson's double play combination--and thus their defense--will be second...
Despite such concerns, Reagan easily quelled a potential bipartisan congressional rebellion against his budget plans before it ever really got started. When the President journeyed to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday, he had to contend with two bits of bad news. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had just predicted that federal spending might soar as much as $25 billion above Reagan's forecast for the next fiscal year, and that the deficit might consequently balloon to a record $70 billion, vs. $45 billion projected by the White House. Reason: the CBO doubted that...
...delightful panjandrum of labor, rides through the Washington nights in a chauffeured Chrysler limousine, often as not in a dinner jacket, almost always with his cigarette holder at a jaunty angle. He is the field marshal for the downtrodden, having assembled 185 organizations into a budget coalition to contend with Ronald Reagan, who does not smoke but who happens to wear a dinner jacket just as often and rides in a chauffeured Cadillac limousine...
City officials defend the plant site as the only one that met all of GM's specifications and contend that they are doing everything possible to ease the plight of Poletowners. Besides offering owners a "fair price" for their properties, the city claims it is paying out generous benefits (up to $15,000 for home owners and $4,000 for renters) to help defray resettlement costs. According to Emmett Moten, Detroit's industrial development director, the city is also purchasing federally owned housing units for Poletowners and offering them mortgages at a bargain 9.5% interest. Detroit hired...
Good question. Opponents contend that city appraisers pressured residents to sell their properties. Yet last week's turnout at Immaculate Conception Church, one of 16 Poletown churches marked for destruction, was hardly impressive. "The area never was very organized politically," says Rick Hodas, 28, vice chairman of the Poletown Neighborhood Council. "People lived here 50 years, paid their taxes and minded their own business." But other residents contend that the plant is actually a godsend, for it gives them the chance to leave the aging community and still get a decent price for their homes. Says John Kelmendi...