Word: meyering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look at who gains from 1-2-3. Fred Meyer, who calls himself the author of Prop 1-2-3, may certainly be motivated by a personal ideology linking freedom with owning a condo, but most other supporters ($56,000 strong, according to the 1988 State Campaign Finance Report) are motivated by profit. Not surprisingly, among the list of financial contributors who helped get this condo bill on the ballot are some of Cambridge's most notorious landlords...
Realtors like Meyer stand to gain quite a bit financially, since 1-2-3 would let the new condo owners sell their apartments back when they are no longer restricted by rent control. And owners of these previously rentcontrolled apartments also stand to gain because they would be able to rent at market prices, or resell for an amount considerably higher than the original purchase price...
Lisa Pierce captured both the onemeter and three-meter events and Harvard placed one-two in the 200-yd. butterfly, courtesy of Jenny Meyer (2:08.1) and Tri-Captain Karen Schneider (2:08.6). Nicole Engh took first for the Crimson in the 200-yd. individual medley...
Cross-dependent people as a rule are more difficult to treat than single- substance abusers. Often they admit to having trouble with one chemical -- cocaine, for example -- but hide the fact that they are misusing sleeping pills or alcohol. Says Dr. Roger Meyer of the Alcohol Research Center at the University of Connecticut in Farmington: "It's hard to get them focused and to realize that they need to be talking about total abstinence from all mood- altering drugs." Kitty Dukakis has understood the message but must translate it into practice. Said her husband: "As she has now discovered, whether...
...improves the student body's standing with the administration. We would hope Lee might cease his behavior to make it more fitting of the chief representative of Harvard undergraduates. William H. Dillon '91 Philip D. Fraissinet '91 Eldon E. Johnson '92 Shannon L. Meyer...