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...students in the middle income range who do not qualify for any of the various financial aid programs are feeling the pinch of bigger term bills. This applies particularly to families with several children to put through college. As college costs around the country continue to rise, fewer middle income students are going to college, and even fewer are coming to higher-cost schools like Harvard...
...coming a long way off," says Lou Kovach, 50, a miner in Masontown, Pa. "And most of us were ready for a long one. I still bowl and go uptown for a few beers every day, and I'm not hurting." But some miners have been feeling the pinch and have been relying on food stamps for groceries; others consider food stamps beneath their dignity. "I don't mind welfare benefits from the union," says a Masontown miner, though no strikers have received any benefits from the depleted funds. "But welfare from Uncle...
...newer creations are merely variations, updated for life in the '70s, of the kind of durable, reliable characters an older generation of stars created. They are people who suggest simply by their changeless presences that there may be traditions and behavioral conventions that one can rely on in a pinch...
...Lake Tahoe casinos, where $2 billion changes hands each year, security guards crawl along steel catwalks and watch for cheaters through one-way ceiling mirrors. Near by, cashiers match bingo winners against a computerized list of more than 4,000 cards. Players who switch cards, load dice or pinch bets pose a constant threat to profitability. So does the danger of thievery by employees: to discourage theft, cash from the company's 3,900 gaming tables and slot machines is counted under the watchful eye of closed-circuit television cameras. To prevent overstaffing in the casinos-another potential drain...
...their third play-off game against Philadelphia trailing 4-3, the long season and all of Lasorda's rah-rah boosting of his team finally paid off. Vic Davalillo, fleet-footed salvage from the Mexican League, bunted safely. Manny Mota-told in the spring that his responsibility was pinch-hitting because "when you open your suitcase, four hits fall out"-doubled off the wall in left field. A flurry of Dodger hits and Los Angeles was one game away from the pennant. Asked what had been his instructions to his players in the frantic final minutes, Lasorda replied...