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...Today has been exceptionally pleasant because both sides have been considerate, have shared food and ideas," said Elizabeth W. Flaherty, who canvassed yesterday outside City Hall for Councillor William H. Walsh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polls and Polish Mark Voting for Council, 1-2-3 | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

...disputes that most of the benefit of the proposed tax break for capital gains -- profits from the sale of investment assets such as stocks and real estate -- would go to people with incomes of more than $200,000 a year, or that the average person in that pleasant category would save $25,000 a year in taxes. The dispute is whether this break (which has passed the House and is currently stalled in the Senate) would be so good for the economy that we would all prosper from it, making resistance on fairness grounds foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Capitalist's Guide to Capital Gains | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...crowd the other one, or influence each other's life decisions right now," Bomba, a mass communications major (what else?), explains to us before a framed photo of her soon-to-be-former mate. Others, they explain coolly, eyes ever on the prize, have opted for such admittedly pleasant diversions as ski bumming and white water rafting, having apparently decided, along with Shakespeare, that their "mistress" eyes are nothing like...

Author: By Michael Blumenthal, | Title: The 'Base Compromise' of Youth | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

...Dead's long-awaited follow-up to 1987's surprise hit In the Dark was delayed in production and post-production until this week. But Halloween is as good a time as any for a new Grateful Dead album, and Garcia & co. have managed to provide some pleasant tricks and treats on their new album that indicate the Dead will indeed be truckin' for some time to come...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Still Truckin' | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

...Built to Last does show that after 25 years, the Grateful Dead can continue to produce interesting if not particularly inventive music. Built to Last is a pleasant, relaxed album that takes few risks and provides few surprises. Above all else though, Built to Last proves that the Dead can continue to grow musically while maintaining a strong link to their past. And with a past as long and varied as the Dead's, that's no small accomplishment...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Still Truckin' | 11/3/1989 | See Source »

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