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...computer-run management system. Estimated saving: $4.3 million. Many officials, however, find it cruelly ironic that the new AFDC regulations of the pro-family Reagan Administration discourage marriage. Under the new regulations, for example, a poor man who marries a poor woman with children will forfeit nearly all benefits. Says California Assemblywoman Maxine Waters: "I'm telling anyone who will listen that there's no point in getting married if you're both poor and have kids...
...admitted that they were not above chicanery if it meant derailing the Royals. Said offseason Attorney LaRussa: "If it got to that peculiar circumstance where if you won a ball game, you lost a spot in the playoffs, then I would refuse to take the field and accept a forfeit...
...showcase. Unfortunately, the NHL has no network television contract to showcase the series--too many Colorado-Washington games took care of that long ago. So, the league will peddle the games to independent stations (like Boston's channel 38), and daring network affiliates that are willing to forfeit a sitcom or two to show this interborough fracas...
...constitution also includes provisions for holding the council's members and its budget committee accountable for their actions: a council member would have to forfeit his seat because of poor attendance or performance. In addition, an organization would be able to challenge budget committee decisions through an appeals procedure...
...sheriffs deputy moved behind Harris as the judge remanded her into custody. To her attorney she whispered: "Joel, I can't sit in jail." With the verdict, gone was the $220,000 Tarnower had left her in his will; under state law convicted murderers forfeit any bequests from their victims. Gone also are the comfortable weekends at the house in Westchester County she considered home, gone is the man she loved. The deputy touched Harris' shoulder. She rose slowly, shook off the hand. Softly she said, "I must go now," and left to spend her first night...