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...rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That unpleasant maxim seems to sum up the message of The Reagan Record, a 400-page study released last week by the Urban Institute, a respected nonpartisan think tank in Washington...
...charged, "seems to be afraid to be straight with the American people." Mondale, for his part, has not yet specified how he would make good on his promise to reduce the deficit by two-thirds during his first term. Rather than seeking any sort of sales tax, which hits poorer people relatively harder than the well-to-do, he would probably rely partly on higher income tax rates. How much higher? Reagan's estimate of $1,500, Mondale said, "is haywire and completely off. He has some hocus-pocus numbers there." In fact, until Mondale explains exactly where...
Traditionally one of the poorer faculties--with a budget of about $8 million annually--the Ed School is projecting a $25,000 surplus for the 1984 fiscal year which ended June 30. Associate Dean Jerome T. Murphy said this week...
Handsome and soft-spoken, Bailey is not reluctant to raise his voice when he thinks promoters are exploiting drivers by making tracks too easy to give poorer drivers a chance, or cutting back on prize money to save expenses. "I'm brave enough and frustrated enough to speak out," he says. "I would like to help the sport...
...honor roll of czarist military regiments, officers and soldiers who displayed extraordinary bravery in defending the motherland, or rodina, as Russians say with almost mystical fervor. The dignitaries were there to represent the nations most closely allied to the Soviet Union: its six satellites in Eastern Europe, plus three poorer relations from the Third World: Cuba, Viet Nam and Mongolia...