Word: rans
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Special Aid to Cities. A program under which states and thousands of cities with high unemployment last year received $1.3 billion in extra federal funds for job-generating public works projects ran into trouble in the House and was allowed to die by Speaker Tip O'Neill. The cities could take consolation, however, in last-minute continuation of the CETA program, under which 725,000 public service jobs were funded this year at a cost of $11 billion. If Administration forecasts of a 5.7% unemployment rate next year are accurate, the program will provide about 660,000 jobs...
...eked out a narrow six-to-five victory in the arduous 32-game match, fending off a spectacular late comeback by Korchnoi. The games themselves were unimpressive. Karpov stuck to the cautious approach that some commentators have dubbed "the boa constrictor" style; Korchnoi, taking far more risks, repeatedly ran into time trouble by nearly failing to make the required 40 moves in the first 2½ hours of play. "There was not a single game worth remembering," lamented England's international master Harry Golembeck. "It's a disgrace to chess...
...same pricing system on gas pumped and sold within a single state and fuel piped across state lines. Energy executives in Houston forecast that as a result, more gas will flow from producing states like Texas and Louisiana to homes and factories in the North and Midwest, where gas ran desperately short the past two winters...
...election of Stephen V.R. Winthrop '80 to the chairmanship set the pattern that the other elections followed. In a run-off, Winthrop, who ran on the promise that he would not let his politics interfere with his administrative functions as chairman, defeated Chris Owens '81, a representative from Quincy who was discernibly more of an activist. Owens, during his pre-election speech for example, mentioned a half-dozen issues the assembly should tackle and cast the Harvard administration in an oppositional role to students. Owens got a lot of votes, but Winthrop...
...Jersey crowd was bored, the Franklin Field crowd was shocked as Penn ran up a surprising 17-3 lead over struggling Yale, only to see its hopes fade into a frustrating 17-17 tie in the closing seconds...