Word: haven
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...Representatives noted that the Congressional Budget Office estimated the bill would cost the Government $5.3 billion and add $100 to an average family's food bill for the year. Said Massachusetts Republican Silvio Conte: "We have heard from the farmers who have been camping in town. But we haven't heard from the consumers who don't have the luxury of taking three months off to lobby Congress." Besides, President Carter had promised to veto the bill as inflationary. Said Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas: "This is just a meaningless charade." The House voted down...
...charged with illegally selling arms to the Republic of South Africa, his solution was what he called a "creative" punishment. Instead of imposing the maximum $510,000 fine on Olin, which pleaded nolo contendere to the charge, he instructed the corporation to donate that amount to charities in New Haven, Conn., where Olin's Winchester Group is situated. "Reparations to the people of the community," he called it, stating, "The court believes that additional steps must be applied on the local level for re-establishing the local community's confidence and respect for one of its leading resident...
...Virginia Environmental Endowment. But the Olin case raises some questions about the proper exercise of judicial discretion. Had the judge merely fined Olin for violating the anti-apartheid arms ban, the $510,000 would have wound up in the federal treasury. Do the people of New Haven have any more right to the money, asked some observers, than U.S. taxpayers? To University of Southern California Law Professor Christopher Stone, it is no wonder that Olin is "enthusiastic" about Zampano's punishment: a charitable contribution may be tax deductible, while a fine is not. Moreover, he says, a "charitable contribution...
...sophomores who described the rally as "boring," said Saturday the chanters "haven't said anything of substance...
...Harvard lacrosse players shook hands with their Yale counterparts Saturday, put the 10-8 win in their pockets, and scuttled home from New Haven somewhat sheepishly, just hoping to forget...