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Even so, the spending cuts apparently do not touch the fastest-growing portion of the budget, the major "entitlement" programs-Social Security, veterans' benefits, unemployment compensation -which are considered politically sacrosanct. Nor will the spending reductions by themselves balance the budget. If Congress and the Administration proceeded on the January plan, the $15.8 billion deficit originally estimated would swell to $25 billion or even $30 billion, according to estimates of the Congressional Budget Office. Main reason: inflation is raising the bills that the Government pays...
...mile run, when she burst ahead to win in 4:32.3, a new national collegiate indoor record. Beckford's blistering pace knocked more than 16 seconds off the old Eastern record and more than 12 seconds off the Harvard facility record. Beckford now stands as the fourth fastest indoor miler in the world behind American stars Mary Decker and Francie Larrieu and Russian racer Zmira Zatseva...
...businesses to try commercial hydroponics. General Mills, for example, is building a plant in De Kalb, Ill., whose first big crops of lettuce and spinach will be on the market this spring. But it is among home gardeners, particularly in urban and arid areas, that soilless growing is rising fastest. Predicts Raymond Bridwell, a Californian whose 1972 book Hydroponic Gardening has sold some 120,000 copies: "Hydroponics has grown ten times in the past 18 months, and it will grow 100 times in the next 18 months...
...Crimson not only broke the Harvard and New England records for the event, but also posted the second fastest time in the country so far this season...
...National Hockey League all-star teams. With a lot of luck, the young and feisty U.S. squad could find itself facing off against the Soviets. At 2:30-5 p.m., the finals of the four-man bobsled pair the world's best racers and the world's fastest, toughest course in duels of icy nerve at speeds of up to 95 m.p.h. A fortnight of competition concludes (7 p.m.-10:30 p.m.) with ceremonies marking the end of the 13th Winter Olympiad...