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Again the crowd cheered lustily. Jarvis' entry into the fray on behalf of the Tisch proposition has led some of Headlee's backers to fear that the antitax movement could be splintered, causing both proposals to lose. Still, with state and local taxes up 142% in ten years, the voters of Michigan seem ready to send their politicians a message. Says Tisch: "With Howard Jarvis, we're going places. He's a hero, a father figure...
...came down to disastrous home halves of the second in both games, as Penn's hitters sent Crimson starters Timmy Clifford and Steve Valoff away from the fray early. Both hurlers suffered annoyingly similar wildness and eventually took their first losses of the season...
...West Bank. Israeli military men say that they had to commit such a large force?elements of two divisions, plus considerable airpower?so as to be ready to take on the Syrians if they chose to send some of the 30,000 troops they have in Lebanon into the fray on the Palestinians' side. Nonetheless, the whole operation was open to question on several grounds...
...normal political terms, Califano's job would be considered wall-to-wall frustration. "I love it," he says with a grin, running his stubby hand through his hair as he prepares to rush off to another fray. He is constantly visible, magically at the focal point, part family counselor, physician, lawyer and preacher...
...here if he wants to change jobs is drive down the same street in the morning and turn in a different driveway." As billion-dollar chip makers like Texas Instruments and Motorola, which are based elsewhere, throw more of their weight into the fray, the smaller companies of the valley may ultimately be forced either to merge or sell out to larger firms. That could endanger the vitality of the valley. Explains Sanders: "This industry has amoeba-like qualities. It doesn't combine very well. It splits." That characteristic is the essence of competition, and no industry has better...