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...reversed himself by abandoning his quick-fix approach to stimulating the economy with a $50 tax rebate for nearly every American. Having finished his review of 32 dams and other water projects that he had threatened to cancel, he again reversed himself by reprieving about a third of them outright and agreeing to the completion of parts of another third; he insisted that the rest be scrapped. He announced a mild anti-inflation program that offended neither labor leaders nor businessmen...
Freshman Dan Gerken and sophomores Kevin Shaw and Scott Walker each contributed a pair of individual victories as the Crimson avenged last year's loss to the Lions-a defeat that prevented Harvard from winning the Ivy League title outright...
Before he is confirmed, Keenan should renounce his ties to the RSKU project, and offer the Harvard community a complete explanation of his role in Iran. Barring this, the Overseers should dismiss the Keenan nomination outright...
...Brae Burn, Hagen had caught Mike Brady from behind and needed to sink an eight foot putt on the final green to win outright. Before he putted, however, Hagen demanded that Brady come out of the clubhouse before he administered the coup de grace...
Environmentalists and antinuke organizations applauded the moves, although some felt Carter should have killed the breeder program outright instead of merely changing its emphasis to breeders that do not use plutonium. Indeed, if the Administration's estimates of domestic uranium reserves-a minimum of 1.8 million tons and probably as much as 3.7 million-are accurate (some experts characterize them as speculative at best), development of the breeder reactor would be less urgent because there would be enough uranium available to fuel conventional nuclear plants until at least the end of the century...