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...July break. "We're pretty much split down the middle," House Minority Leader Robert Michel said of the impasse. By then Reagan was ready to get back into the fray. Last Tuesday evening he held a reception for congressional leaders of both parties under the oak tree in the Rose Garden. It was at this "Oak Tree meeting" that the President surprised his guests by simply backing down on Social Security, agreeing to dispense with the COLA freeze...
...national drink. When Coca-Cola announced last April that it was changing the taste of the world's most popular soda, it failed to foresee the sheer frustration and fury that the news would create. From Bangor to Burbank, from Detroit to Dallas, tens of thousands of Coke lovers rose up as one to revile the suddenly sweeter taste of their favorite beverage and demand old Coke back...
...results were close, but they persuaded Coke executives that they were on the right track. When asked to compare unmarked beverages, 55% of the drinkers favored new Coke over old Coke. When both drinks were identified, the margin rose 6 points...
...School-age populations fell off 5.3%, to 44.9 million, from 1980 to 1984, as the last of the World War II baby boomers graduated. But meanwhile, the number of preschoolers surged 9%, to 17.8 million. And now the vanguard of this baby boomlet has hit first grade, where enrollments rose from a 33-year low of 2,894,000 in 1980 to 3,079,000 for 1983-84, with more coming. In the Sunbelt states, the boomlet is being compounded by massive immigration from the snow country and the Third World. Texas, which had 3.42 million public school students...
...Brown was hoping that Harvard’s heavyweights would be shaky after the graduation of 13 members from its top two boats in 2004, the Bears were surely disappointed. Although the varsity lineup has been completely refigured since last season, the young boat rose to the challenge against the No. 10 Bears. With three sophomores in the boat for the first time, Harvard showed veteran strength and justified its No. 3 national ranking...