Word: marylander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thirsty West Virginians who plunk quarters into soda machines help finance a state medical school. Cigarette smokers in Washington State cough up $31.7 million a year to clean Puget Sound, while home buyers in Maryland pay transfer fees that help buy new parklands. This practice of earmarking taxes for specific government functions is growing steadily: at least 18 states have adopted targeted taxes since mid-1984, and dozens more such levies -- for schools, police, roads, drug-abuse treatment -- are pending in states from California to Michigan...
...never seemed to be able to win the big game [that would earn the team a spot in the tournament]," Felsen says. "Or, we'd win one big game and we wouldn't win two big games. We'd beat Maryland, then we'd lose to UMass...
...faced with the case of a 15-year-old from New York City who was caught carrying 50 bags of crack. In Detroit, Police Officer Paul Dunbar was buried after being fatally shot outside a suspected crack house by a 16- year-old. In Washington, elected officials from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia met to discuss the record number of drug-related killings and arrests in their region and propose stiffer penalties for selling drugs near schools. Said Washington Mayor Marion Barry: "No young person in this region is not at risk...
Harvard faces New Hampshire on Saturday. Its chances for an NCAA Tournament bid appear to be good. The Crimson, ranked seventh in last week's poll, has won four games since the last rankings, including a convincing win over 10th-ranked and perennial power Maryland. Only six teams make the tournament...
...women's lacrosse team improved to 9-2 on the season with a 10-7 victory over Maryland this weekend. More important, the laxwomen are 5-0 in the Ivy League and face a showdown with Dartmouth, a loser of only one league game, today in Hanover. If the Crimson wins, it will capture its first outright title since since...