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...would go to those earning over that amount and only 13 per cent to families earning less. Opponents of the tax credit say more good can be done by giving bigger grants to a smaller group of people than by giving a maximum of $250--which hardly makes a dent in most term bills these days--to almost everyone with a child in college...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: A Cure for the Middle Income College Crunch | 3/16/1978 | See Source »

...foil, Eric Mendelbaum and Dave McClees both conquered Rich Berlin, but neither they nor Gene Vastola could dent the armor of Penn's Robert Wolfson and Jack Tichacek, who are now 23-1 together in the Ivies this year...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Unbeaten Penn Dices Swordsmen, 18-9 | 3/2/1978 | See Source »

Trailing 42-31 after the first half, the cagers never really managed to make a dent in the lead in the turnover-riddled second half. In fact, the Lion lead bulged to 17 after Juan "the enforcer" Mitchell drilled home a jumper to make...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Lions Gore Cagers, 71-62, For Second Place in Ivies | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

...massive spending, such as tax reductions for businesses that hire the hard-to-employ. Still, the G.O.P. has a long way to go. Among ordinary blacks, says Maryland Democrat Parren Mitchell, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, disappointment with Jimmy Carter is "not enough to even make a dent." Adds James Compton, the head of Chicago's Urban League: "I don't see any philosophic approach in the Republican Party that will attract large numbers of black votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wooing the Black Vote | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Harvard put a slight dent into that lead as the Crimson's Jim Trainor scored on a nice snap shot with a mere 24 seconds gone in the third period. But the Crimson could not muster a more effective offense, while B.C. buried the Crimson with four more goals in the final humiliating period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston College Six Wallops Crimson | 1/11/1978 | See Source »

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