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...Lowell House. Add those hopes to Jackson's personal desire (as a former high school boxer at Fordham Prep in New York City) to "bring boxing back to Harvard," and you have the ingredients that produced tonight's fundraiser for the Boston chapter of the Leukemia Society. (Three dollar tickets are available at the door or at 60 Boylston...
...interview comes to an abrupt end, and I find my way unescorted back through the carpeted corridors and marble halls, out onto the street. I am perplexed. How can deButts believe that his control over a single multibillion dollar corporation justifies his having political power rivaling that of most elected officals in areas in which he has no expertise? After three years at Harvard and a summer in Washington, I had expected the worst from our government, so it was no surprise that corporate dollars buy political power. But I hardly believe the corporate attitude that such practices are natural...
Inescapably parodying The China Syndrome, Herbein expressed concern over the fact that the plant could be shut down for several weeks and over the multimillion dollar cost of decontaminating the two buildings. He did not rule out the possibility that consumers might have to shoulder the expense. Both company officials and investigators from NRC again assured the public that the reactor was cooling and should be down to its normal shut-off temperature within...
...severe, program of rationing coupled with price controls were instituted it would achieve conservation without drastic inflationary effects. Rationing would spread the burden more evenly over all segments of society. Price increases put the load, as usual, on those least able to bear it. As for adverse political consequences, dollar a gallon gas isn't liable to win many votes, either...
...revenues. The effect of this practice, continued under subsequent administrations, allowed mayors to anticipate much more revenue than they knew the city would receive, so they could keep borrowing. Predictably, short-term debt rose from $526 million in 1965 to an astounding $4.5 billion in 1975. Now, of every dollar the city collects, 24 cents pays off debts. Despite the manifest irresponsibility of borrowing on this scale, the banks continued and continue to loan the city money. Enormous interest payments--all tax free--did nothing to encourage fiscal responsibility...