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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...current econometric models are to be believed, there is now one fewer reason to give to the charity of your choice. While a potential philanthropist can still count on his key ring, totebag, umbrella, and peace of mind in exchange for a portion of his checking account, President Reagan's recently enacted tax-cut package has made something of a mockery of that well-worn sales pitch: "And, remember, your contribution is tax deductible." According to the latest round of economic fortune-telling, the millionaire's response to that old tease is about to become, 'So what...
...starts connecting with his jab. The fight ends there. Leonard tries everything in an attempt to avoid Hearns' punches while landing some of his own. But every time he closes in, Hearns nails him. A left hook stuns Leonard. A right puts him down. No one will ever count ten over Sugar Ray, who rises. Ten Hearns punches later, the fight is stopped. The clock shows 1:58 of the sixth round...
...honestly feel the race will go down to the wire," Cozza said. "Several teams have a shot at the title, Harvard, Cornell and Brown will be in the thick of it. I don't know if you can count anybody out. Any team can beat any other team in the League on any given...
Unfortunately for Harvard, attention in the past to its hiring policies revealed all-too-spotty compliance with affirmative action codes, compliance that tended to conform to the letter--but rarely the spirit--of affirmative action legislation. The days when you could count the number of tenured women Faculty on the fingers of one hand and still have an astonishing number of fingers left over may be gone, but it remains mildly incredible that Harvard College boasts a mere 16 tenured women out of 356 on its tenured Faculty. Upper-level administrators, too, tend to be white males: the University should...
...reports from agents who had penetrated terrorist organizations. The just-elected Prime Minister intended the catalogue to be Exhibit A in his first call on the U.S. President-documentary proof of Israel's contribution to the political and military interests of the West. Begin believed that Israel could count on the U.S. only as long as the U.S. counts on Israel as a partner in the common cause of resisting Soviet expansionism and Arab radicalism...