Word: less
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political considerations, I can here quite candidly plead innocent, for the simple reason that it strikes me as impossible to predict, much less to manipulate, the effects of any given resignation or appointment on the churned-up politics of the present Harvard community...
...Crimson effort was less than its best, but understandably so after the difficult game against Penn last week, "We didn't play well, and Princeton hustled, hustled, hustled. The game could have gone either way." coach Bruce Munro said after the game...
...score remained the same during the second period as the Princeton squad vainly attempted to break through the Harvard defense. Senior halfback Dick Hardy frequently stopped the Princeton rush in the middle of the field, receiving less than adequate help from his teammates...
Imagine the following scenario: With his wrists handcuffed behind his back, his legs bound tightly, his eyes blindfolded and his mouth gagged, John V. Lindsay is told he must rescue a drowning New York City (from the polluted Hudson no less). This comes close to describing the present situation. A more modern version of trial by fire cannot be found...
...fiscal gap" is said to occur when, as metropolitan income rises, revenue from a given local tax structure (at fixed rates) grows more slowly than expenditures required for a given program structure (at fixed quality). In "economies," the elasticity of taxes with respect to income is less than the elasticity of expenditures...