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Cambridge Civic Association Councilors David E. Sullivan and Alice K. Wolf sponsored the amendment to replace provisions that had been added to the proposal two weeks ago. Sullivan said that ``our formula is more precise and more predictable, and it guarantees an incentive to produce affordable housing...
Last week congressional Democrats, led by Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Representative Augustus Hawkins of California, unveiled a formula for keeping minimum-wage earners from falling farther and farther behind the rest of the work force. They introduced legislation that would hike the minimum by nearly 40%, to $4.65 an hour, by 1990. After that, the rate would be tied to half the average hourly U.S. wage. Kennedy says it is "unacceptable" that the current minimum wage "does not permit full-time workers to provide the bare necessities for their families...
...following the Forsyth formula to the letter, Gormley produced a pleasant, Forsyth-like comedy. It would have been interesting, though, to see what would have happened if Gormley had taken a few risks and added a little spice to the recipe. Gospel According to Vic is not at all adventuresome and offers little philosophical meat to chew on. But despite its religious theme, it doesn't really aspire to philosophical heights. What it is a pleasant, two-hour diversion...
...endless pageant playing at all hours in the public domain. Writers who elect to fuse their private inventions with the collective memory of an actual past can create electrifying effects. Witness the towering achievements of War and Peace or the enduring popular appeal of Gone With the Wind. The formula has its pitfalls, of course, in the hands of the inept: cardboard people posing stiffly in front of papier-mache reconstructions. Even so, fiction that dovetails with fact remains alluring to authors and readers alike...
...easy to read the stats sheet for the Harvard hockey team. It shows many goals for the Crimson, few for the opposition. It is an elementary formula for a winning team...