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Saturday, 7--International hostilities peak when Libyan strongman Moammar Khaddafy sends bombers out to blow the Mather House Booze Cruise out of the water. "We have stated time and time again that our territorial waters extend into Boston Harbor," the Libyan leader says. "If those smart-alecky Harvard kids don't respect The Line of Death ... well, tough nuggies...
...brackets, in which rates range from 27% to 60%, will be reduced to two: individuals with taxable incomes of (pounds)19,300 (about $35,500) a year or less will pay 25%, those who earn more, 40%. Though Thatcher has brought the top tax rate down from a peak of 83% in 1979, not everyone is pleased. When Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson presented the budget in the House of Commons last week, members of the opposition Labor Party interrupted him by chanting, "Rich man's budget," causing a ten-minute suspension of the session...
Although actual home ownership costs have fallen from a peak in 1982, the cost of owning a typical "starter" home last year accounted for 32 percent of the average annual income of first-home buyers. This figure is up 50 percent from the 1970s, according to the study...
...dope hotline." In December and January, Detroit cops increased warrants and arrests on drug charges by 375% over the same period a year earlier. Last week a grand jury returned indictments against 22 people allegedly involved in the Chambers brothers' drug ring, an organization that at its peak, prosecutors claim, had sold up to $3 million worth of crack...
...moment," he encouraged. "Now do it!" Alas for Debi, she didn't. Maybe it was the pressure. Maybe it was the ice, which she had complained about earlier in the week. Or maybe it was the fact that she skated last and had a hard time staying at her peak as the evening dragged on. Whatever it was, Thomas handled the outcome with grace. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she mouthed to McGowan as she skated off the ice. Minutes later she said, "I'm not going to make any excuses. It wasn't supposed to happen, I guess...