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Current state law requires that any zoning change in Cambridge pass by a majority of seven votes, rather than the usual six, if a minimum of 20% of affected land-owners protest the change...
...omnibus bill is filled with wrinkles, like a complicated "minimum tax" procedure for corporations that previously paid little or no taxes, and dizzying "transitional rules" designed to ease many businesses into the new regime. Fretted Manhattan Economist Alan Greenspan: "I don't think we yet understand how complex this is." As Aaron put it: "You will discover hardships, provisions that don't work the way that you want them to, tax liabilities that Congress would conclude it didn't want to impose. In some cases, the lawmakers will want to back off." If that is so, the tax reform bill...
...narcotics, he argues, all public-school teenage students should be compelled to take drug tests. (Du Pont did not go to public school.) The present welfare system is a failure and should be largely abolished. Government should offer extensive vocational training and temporary public jobs paying 90% of the minimum wage. All agricultural subsidies must be phased out over five years, after which market forces would govern farming. Any of these proposals would detonate controversy once the campaign is fully engaged. But Du Pont insists that he will lay out provocative ideas no matter which interest groups are offended...
...composed Landau, combined with a conservative game plan (Harvard threw only 11 passes all day), enabled the Crimson to keep its mistakes to a minimum. In fact, Landau did his job so well early that Restic took him out of the game--along with many other offensive starters--near the end of the first half with Harvard comfortably ahead...
...rules are stern: "No oak. No kitchen stuff. No collectibles." Mrs. Lomas has attended Withington's auctions almost since his first, in 1949, and like other dealers, she credits him with putting on the best show around and with being fair. He will not offer pieces with reserve, or minimum, prices, for instance, and does not accept phone-in bids. Does Withington guarantee what he sells? Mrs. Lomas smiles a gentle, deal-the-cards smile and explains that in the antiques business there are no guarantees. Which does not mean there is no honesty. On a hunch, the day before...