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Proposition 2 1/2--the very phrase launches local government officials into paroxysms of fear, prompting tirades on the death of city services and eliciting equally loud battle cries from supporters. Not since the airplanes started flying over houses near Logan Airport have so many people gotten angry. There's a rumor going around, in fact, that if all the money that Citizens for Limited Taxation and its opponents have spent pushing their causes were funnelled into local treasuries, they might be able to cut property taxes next year...
...have never come in contact with anyone who has gotten money using one of these services," Luann Maywald, staff assistant in the Financial Aid Office, said yesterday...
Moving from bears to mice. Gould devotes one of his essays to an assessment of Mickey Mouse's physical transformation over the 50 years since he first appeared on film. Mickey has not merely failed to age during that time, he has gotten younger-looking. Through intricate scientific analysis--using a pair of precision calipers--Gould determined that Mickey's eyes, head and forehead all became larger as he aged, making him appear younger because large eyes and a bulging cranium are features common in infants. Gould extrapolates from the Mickey Mouse illustration to observe that human beings maintain much...
...accomplishments by seeking out friends, family and aides--and the result is a paean to Lyndon Johnson, American folk hero. Johnson, from all accounts, was an overwhelmingly powerful and dominant man, who prided himself on his ability to manipulate people and situations. Some emanation of Johnson's spirit has gotten at Miller via these interviews, and not only manipulated but seduced...
...only as a testament to Epps' continuous reaction to the situation as dean of students, but also to his basic lack of knowledge about HDNS's affairs during Olive's tenure as manager. Epps says he decided to use College money in mid-April because "he hadn't really gotten an accurate notion of what was going on." While it is possible--and even tempting--to explain Epps' actions on the basis of his compassion for Olive or his concern for students in general, his ignorance is inexcusable...