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Last week a special session of the legislature replaced the service tax with a 1% increase in the sales tax. "It's a victory for the people of Florida and a heck of a Christmas present," said Martinez. But the Governor's flip-flops may be costly. Said Democrat Sam Bell, chairman of the powerful house appropriations committee: "His credibility with the legislature is zero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: A Flip-Flop On Taxes | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

...feet away, in a bathroom large enough for championship table tennis, Steve Tillotson, a burly Vermont deconstruction expert who has been with the company since it started, and another worker pry loose a 6-ft.-long china bathtub with lion-claw feet. They flip it onto a mover's pallet and study the maker's mark on its bottom, as if they had unearthed an Egyptian artifact. "Ideal 3806," reads Tillotson with a sigh of respect. "It was made by Ideal on March 8, 1906." They trundle the fixture down a listing hallway to join half a dozen others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: Salvaged Pieces | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

First coffee--in the form of Spanish dancers, castanets in hand--and then tea--sensuous gymnasts whose physical stunts amaze. Cossack dancers kick and flip over the stage. Chinese dancers come with small attendants who wave long, sinuous orange silk banners. Tutued marzipan with silly caps and then roses, with skirts of petals...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Visions of Sugarplums | 12/18/1987 | See Source »

...flip side, Tedd Evers has hit only 3-for-10 (30 percent) from the line, and Tri-Captain Kyle Dodson has hit 5-for-13 (38.5 percent...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: What's So Free About A `Free' Throw? | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

...flip-flop match, freshman George Polsky, playing number five for the Crimson, fell to Navy's Mark Nicholson in five games. With the match tied at 2-2, Polsky and Nicholson battled back and forth, before Nicholson pulled out a hard-fought 15-11 match...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Racquetmen Bomb Midshipmen, 8-1 | 12/4/1987 | See Source »

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