Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What could have been an enjoyable trip to Ithaca, N.Y.--something that seems to occur with amazing infrequency--turned into a major disappointment Saturday when the Harvard women's ice hockey squad dropped its first game in a month...
...proposed tax cut. I think that the tax cut is inequitable and economically ineffective. It has not stimulated buying power nor has it stimulated investment, therefore I think that is the first and most obvious way in which to reduce the deficit. A second reduction in the deficit could occur by curbing the rate of growth in military spending and holding it, let us say at an arbitrary five percent. If we are able to influence the Federal Reserve Board to bring the real rate of interest back where it belongs we could automatically reduce a substantial portion...
...close of the movie, when the Robert Redford and Paul Newman characters turn out only to be feigning death, the twist is a shock because those actors portray such genuine. killable men. The viewer believes he is watching real-world scenes in which such a tragedy could occur. The movie itself is a con game, the audience its victims, and everyone falls...
...turns in the plot occur with mechanical regularity and at dizzying speed. The cheapening effect they produce is heightened by tired cliches--false hair which falls off, embarrassing its owner; the villain's stupid bodyguard who is anxious for bloody 'action': the blonde who turns out to be not so very dumb. And neither the direction nor the performance adds anything to make these standard gags more palatable...
...letter of acceptance, detailed the College's reluctance to furnish housing. But after conversations and correspondence with the transfer admissions and housing offices, most students appear to have arrived at Harvard with the impression that, as in the past, transfers could eventually be considered for any vacancies that might occur in the Houses. Certainly, the expectation of permanent exile from the Houses was not part of most students' decision whether to pull up stakes and head for Cambridge...