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...cute stories and apocryphal anecdotes are also a mainstay of the tours. Harvard mythology is an integral part of what the tour guides dispense, and each stop along the way marks another landmark where someone famous did something fascinating...
...agency announced that even though it plans to curtail service, it would seek an average 19% increase in 1991, less than three years after the previous jump of 16%. First-class postage will go from 25 cents to 30 cents, while rates for second- and third-class mail -- the mainstay of catalog distributors and magazine publishers -- will soar as much as 33%. Business and consumer groups are already organizing strong campaigns against the increases, which the Postal Rate Commission has ten months to vote...
...before the balloting he said, "There is not even a hypothetical possibility that the ((opposition)) could win" -- it is difficult to know precisely why Chamorro triumphed. Possibly the vote was an endorsement of her calls to abolish the military draft, establish peace and allow private enterprise to flourish -- the mainstay of her ill-conceived, disorganized campaign. It seems just as likely, however, that the vote was not so much for Chamorro as against the Sandinistas. Finding Nicaragua's economic and political conditions revolting, voters may simply have revolted with their ballots. If so, Chamorro may find her mandate slipping fast...
...pharmacy, a mainstay in the Agassiz neighborhood for 53 years, closed its doors at the end of September, but O'Connell said Harvard did not ask Bence to leave, adding that a new tenant is being sought to fill the space...
...midfield will be minus Baverstock, the team captain and the mainstay of center midfield for the past two season. Baverstock injured his knee during pre-season and is expected to be out three to six weeks...