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When the Carter Administration imposes the biggest tax hike in history and informs people they must do with less, asked Reagan: "Have they thought about those who've always had less, especially the minorities? This is like telling them that just as they step on the first rung of the ladder of opportunity, the ladder is pulled out from under them." The Republicans' message will be different: "We have to move ahead, but we're not going to leave anyone behind. I ask you to trust that American spirit which knows no ethnic, religious, social, political...
...only be dull; it puts great pressure on the spine. Shifting the weight from one foot to the other also helps relieve the strain of standing in place. At a bar do what experienced patrons have long done: always keep a foot on the rail or a rung of the bar stool...
...York Giants Catcher Wes Westrum had signed contracts giving two rival bubble-gum firms exclusive rights to put him on their baseball cards. The companies took their fight to court, where a federal judge recognized the "right of publicity," entitling celebrities to a cut of the profits rung up by merchandise bearing their likenesses...
LASH WAS HESITANT when President Horner first approached him to write the definitive biography of Helen Keller, Radcliffe '04. But there was something in the Helen Keller story that rung a bell--another relationship worthy of exploration. True, there had been many books before. But no author had the full access to the documents and letters that Lash found...
...Harvard are in a precarious position at best. The basic tenet that "to receive a promotion from assistant to associate professor at Harvard one must be tenurable at any major university" creates a situation in which departments are often reluctant to let their own junior Faculty move one rung up the tenure ladder...