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At both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, however, political considerations are taking precedence. Reagan and most Republicans will simply not consider new revenue measures, even though the underlying deficit cannot be closed without them. The Democrats have been willing to propose new tax measures, but balk at placing the restraints Reagan...
Edward Lawson, 37, a bachelor and the head of his own consulting and entrepreneurial firm in San Francisco, liked to take long walks while on business in the San Diego area, often in the dead of night. As he strolled the deserted streets, no one ever bothered him except the...
The entire package won immediate approval in the State Senate. But in the House, a Republican attack on the Prop 2 1/2 override led to a successful vote to eliminate the provision.
The first opponents of the Savary plan were medical students, who took exception to a provision that would allow only the best of them to become specialists. Later, leading professors at university hospitals joined the campaign, charging that the proposed reform would compromise the independence of medical schools. But the...
Consider, for instance, a passage from one of the newest additions to the canon of Harvard literature--Splendor and Misery by Faye Levine '65. The scene is 1963, in a Lowell House room, where Levine's protagonist Sarah is taking advantage of the parietal rules' provision for afternoon visiting hours...