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Standouts for the Crimson defense were co-captain Ann Velie and sophomore Jeanne Piersiak, who turned away several Minutemen rushes, and goalie Charlotte Worsley, who is riding the season on a 64-per-cent saves average...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: 10-0 Laxwomen Nail UMass | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...lottery 100-per-cent above-board." Krasznekewicz said, adding that "people are always looking for something to complain about...

Author: By Mark L. Goldstein, | Title: Adams House Lottery Results Questioned by Several Residents | 4/17/1981 | See Source »

Laughlin mentioned the state's 35-per-cent tax credit for solar energy users as an example of its support for solar energy development...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: New Study Examines Boston's Solar Energy | 4/1/1981 | See Source »

Profitability is the bottom line of that performance. The Coop's sales last year totaled more than $37 million, and its members received a 9.5-per-cent rebate on their purchases. Although the cooperative society must provide this patronage refund to its members, it is entitled to invest its profits from non-member sales into plant, stock, equipment and, inevitably, further expansion. The Coop's formula for successful enterprise is actually quite simple: The establishment exploits the laws of supply and demand to charge high prices for the products it sells while profiting from its limited outlays to labor...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Stepping Into the Past | 3/19/1981 | See Source »

Working only a few hours a week to start. I had plenty of time left over to sun-bathe. Luckily, I could get a 10-per-cent employee's discount on my Super-Saver cocoa butter lotion. Not bad, I thought, until I realized that after taxes my pay would total less than $100 a week. Even with cheap cocoa butter lotion, you can't go very far on that...

Author: By William F. Hammond, | Title: Folding Cardboard in the Back | 3/17/1981 | See Source »

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