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Nothing, they say, is for sure except death and taxes. Past Tuesday you may not be able to count on taxes. Tax cut fever, first cultured by California political scientist Howard Jarvis in 1978, has spread through the air conditioning systems of corporation executive suites in the years since. Voters in 17 states will decide tax cut referendums in tomorrow's election, but nowhere are the proposed gashes as deep in Massachusetts, where Proposition 2 1/2, Question 2 on the ballot, has become the Bay State's hottest political issue...
...politics even before his classmates at J.P. Stevens High in Edison, N.J., voted him "Best Personality" and "Most Likely to Succeed," Monamarco would like to start his political career in the New Jersey state legislature. But ignoring the possible hazards of the "Youngest President Syndrome," he doesn't count out higher aspirations. Modestly declining to be specific, he merely states, "I'd just like to go as far as I can." All things considered, even Chase Untermeyer probably wouldn't quarrel with his goal...
...count the reasons...
THERE'S NOTHING unethical about bailing an organization out of debt, especially when it performs a service that people count on. So in a way Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, did nothing wrong--legally or ethically--when he helped obtain $14,000 in loans and used $2000 in College discretionary funds to assure against the bankruptcy of Harvard Delivery News Service (HDNS) last spring. Had conditions provided no other solution, Epps' actions would have merited the respect of those who subscribe to The New York Times and the Boston Globe, even though Harvard has no legal responsibility...
...phenomenon is an outgrowth of increased political activity by women at all levels of government. At last count, nearly 14,300 women held over 9% of all local, state and federal elective posts, compared with 5% in 1975. Says Janyce Katz, an official of the National Women's Political Caucus: "Women are coming out of the ranks." They have been helped by the breakdown in party organizations; instead of smoke-filled rooms, most nominees are now chosen in open primaries. And they are finding a new willingness on the part of local groups and national party leaders to contribute...