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...Boston Globe recently reported similar bets between the governors of Massachusetts and Ohio and the mayors of Boston and Cincinnati. Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis bet 20 pounds of Massachusetts cod against Ohio Gov. James Rhode's wager of a bushel of corn, ten pounds of Lake Erie perch, and ten pounds of Ohio River catfish...
...BROWN--RHODE ISLAND: Starting off with an easy one. No question that the Bruins should win this one, and easily too. Brown...
Last Saturday the booters dribbled their way by a formidable Rhode Island squad winning 1-0. Ford said he was generally impressed with the team's performance, but was disappointed with the lack of communication between his fullbacks...
...Chicago, 27,000 teachers shut down all 666 schools two weeks ago in a dispute over the city's plan to hold its school budget at $1.16 billion by eliminating 1,525 teacher jobs. Other strikes -notably in Pennsylvania, California and Rhode Island-centered on similar worries about job security in a time of budget austerity. While busing is the big issue in Boston schools this year, the city is also rolling toward a Sept. 22 strike deadline set by the teachers, who want a 10% salary increase and job-security guarantees...
...only on energy but also on other matters. The Democrats, despite their huge majorities, usually cannot muster the strength to override (an exception: both houses last week voted to enact a $7.9 billion aid-to-education bill, overcoming a presidential no). "This has become a Government by veto," lamented Rhode Island Democrat John O. Pastore after the Senate's oil vote. "We've got the minority dragging the majority around by the nose...