Word: rid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...again seeking to empty a building, although this time only for long enough to renovate--and substantially raise the rents. Tenants, of course, were worried, and on May 8 they filed a complaint with city Rent Board officials accusing the University of violating city law in its attempt to rid the building of occupants. The complaint was reported in the newspapers, and so was one other fact--Harvard Tenants Union (HTU) would be holding a meeting on May 11. On the agenda for that meeting was the situation at 122 Mt. Auburn...
...million in 1980, after Congress struck down the rule that people must purchase their stamps. Some officials view the cuts as a chance to pare administrative costs as well as marginally effective programs. Says Democratic State Representative Francine Panehal of Ohio: "It's a golden opportunity to get rid of programs that were worthless and prop up those that really work...
...forced to either clip or eliminate completely the benefits for 7% of all recipients. Some states are seeking ways to make up the shortfall by cutting overhead; officials of the Pennsylvania department of public welfare, for instance, discovered that the new, simplified regulations will allow them to get rid of a computer-run management system. Estimated saving: $4.3 million. Many officials, however, find it cruelly ironic that the new AFDC regulations of the pro-family Reagan Administration discourage marriage. Under the new regulations, for example, a poor man who marries a poor woman with children will forfeit nearly all benefits...
Government regulation limits the interest that can be paid on passbook accounts to 5.25% at commercial banks or 5.5% at savings and loan associations or mutual savings banks. Those ceilings are supposed to be eliminated by 1985, but plans to get rid of them sooner have foundered because of opposition from banks and S and Ls. Raising the interest-rate limit by just 1% would cost the troubled savings institutions an estimated $1.8 billion annually. This week federal regulators will discuss a proposal to double the interest rates on passbook accounts to 10.5% for banks...
...Late 60s have caused problems of the opposite nature--though to a far lesser extent. Where Barber must deal with alumni who still resent Harvard's conservatism during that era, Rand must face classmates who balk at Harvard's alleged liberalism. "Some people were upset when the University got rid of its military programs--though they were bucking under to pressure. Some others thought Harvard had a communist element stirring then...