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Like many institutions of academic quality, William and Mary suffers from a lack of modern athletic facilities. An exception is a multi-million dollar basketball fieldhouse that seats 10,700, all in cushioned fold-down seats...
...process of budget-making has been complicated a hundred-fold by the passage of Proposition 2 1/2, the property tax-cutting measure which Bay State voters approved overwhelmingly last fall. Prop 2 1/2, the property tax-cutting measure which Bay State voters approved overwhelmingly last fall. Prop 2 1/2 reduces the total expenditures of each municipality in the Commonwealth, and thus forces tough choices by local governments. The city council this year passed a budget which significantly reduced funding for the school, fire and police departments without drastically affecting city services. Next fiscal year, however, the choices promise...
...visibly, on the patience and stamina of the traveling public. Three major airlines (Delta, TWA and United) reported last week that third-quarter earnings had slumped as a result of the reduced air traffic. Air New England, the boon and bane of that region's travelers, decided to fold its wings at the end of the month after eleven years of operation. The shutdown will mean layoffs for 400 employees. A company announcement partly blamed "the decline in traffic and revenues because of the ongoing PATCO strike." The airline had been forced to cut scheduled flights...
...case of attack. The sketch ends with a line of girls, including White's granddaughter, walking with handkerchiefs over their mouths. "I went outdoors again to push the swing some more for the little girl, who is always forgetting her handkerchief. At lunch I watched her try to fold her napkin. It seemed to take forever." The scene is too personal, and the evaluations too subjective--"It seemed to take forever," doesn't work as well as "It took her half a minute" would. If one is to be a carpenter, all the corners must be flush...
...conference opened in Perth, in the heart of Scotland, rolled south to Bradford in England's industrial north and wound up in London. Along the way, party members quaffed wine, bellowed out songs and welcomed five more defecting Labor M.P.s to the fold. The S.D.P.'s new total of 21 M.P.s means that it will be the third largest party (surpassing the Liberals' eleven seats) when the new session of Parliament begins next month...