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Today Dean Rosovsky will speak about the work of the Task Force on Undergraduate Education, and tomorrow President Bok will give another talk. There will also be a pre-football game luncheon at the new indoor track facility, Barbara Brennecke, coorindator of the weekend meetings, said yesterday...
...When a business executive can charge off a $55 luncheon on a tax return and a truck driver cannot deduct his $1.50 sandwich, then we need basic tax reform...
There are no exact figures, but owners of a number of leading restaurants estimate that more than 50% of their lunch business comes from expense-account customers. Sometimes business spending approaches 100%, especially in luncheon clubs and restaurants that cater to conventions. Says Stig Jorgensen, manager of the Midnight Sun in Atlanta's convention area: "We figure 65% of our volume is business-related. If we lost even 10% of that, it would put people out of work...
...about the ripples on a river. For her third vacation day since taking office last January (the first two were spent fishing), the outdoors-loving Governor paddled down the Yakima River. The party of 27, including Ray's gray poodle Jacques, required four large rafts and enjoyed a luncheon of barbecued beef, avocados stuffed with shrimp, and champagne. "It was really pleasant, floating past basalt cliffs covered with lichen and watching the swallows," says Ray, 63. But near the end, the Governor got the old competitive urge and suggested a race. "We put our minds and paddles to work...
...drive has received, saying that Harvard has not completed a feasibility study and that an official announcement is still at least a year away. Gibbens's position, though, seems far from the minds of the alumni visiting this weekend. When the Harvard band played at the pre-game luncheon Saturday, the dignified leaders of corporate America put down their bloody marys nostalgically and waved their arms in time to the music. But five minutes later they were back to business, plotting graphs and diagrams for Harvard's drives on the corners of their crumpled napkins...