Word: local
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stopgap solution was to parcel out $5 billion of an estimated $5.8 billion surplus in state revenues to more than 6,000 local government units. The schools will get the biggest chunk of the fund, $2.2 billion. That will mean only a 10.5% overall cut in their operating cash from current levels. The relief money will be applied on a sliding scale so districts that have long had less money for schools will get the most. This will help meet a California Supreme Court decision that support of schools should be equalized...
...fund for cities be used to prevent any cut at all in police and fire department budgets. The result may be, however, that towns and cities will have to cut even more deeply than feared into services like parks and recreation, libraries, public transportation, street cleaning and garbage collection. Local officials may even have to pinch themselves where it hurts most: cutting administrative staffs and such perks as travel allowances and official cars...
Harvard, as you're probably finding out about now, is a big and often confusing place. It takes a lot of effort to keep up on what's going on here--meetings, lectures, activities, as well as the vital issues of concern to the local community. Without some idea of what's happening--at an always hectic pace--around you, it's all too easy to miss out on the unique opportunities Harvard and Cambridge have to offer. That's why we're here...
...administration, and clear-headed coverage of the usually turbulent state of relations between the University and the surrounding community. And we tell you more than what's going on: we tell you why, with lively, informed analysis of all the major news events of the summer, on both the local and national scenes...
...that our usual lively coverage on local sports--Bosox, Lobsters, and the early line on the Patriots--and you've got a lot to think about. And a lot to enjoy...