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...right to use as much electric power as they wish? A partial solution to the problem of energy supply: limit the amount of electricity an individual is allowed to use. He would be free to use his allotted supply of electricity as he wishes; instead of using his electric shave-cream warmer in the morning, he might use 15 additional minutes of light to read at night, or he could watch a ball game on TV instead of using electric edge trimmers to cut a few blades of grass growing over the edge of the sidewalk...
...defense savings (see following story) would cover the $55 billion of new social spending. Yet the math is tricky. Some Democratic economists calculate that his defense cutbacks would save $10 billion less than he thinks. His revenue proposals could raise less than he estimates because Congress tends to shave down proposals for tax increases. His social programs could easily be costlier than he calculates because Congress has a propensity for jacking up spending...
Three months ago, MSI party headquarters in Rome's Palazzo del Drago sent new instructions to 94 local organizations reining in its swaggering street fighters. Members were to get haircuts regularly, shave daily, wear neckties, eliminate profanity and downplay nostalgia for the good old days of II Duce. No swastikas were to be smeared on synagogue walls or provocative marches made through Jewish neighborhoods...
...butterfly, and he, like Brumwell, has an outside chance of placing. Neville, a freshman like Baughman and Brumwell, is ranked ninth in the fly, but his chances in the two freestyle events, against some very fast competition, are not bright. Neville, who has had trouble with his starts, could shave some time off his 50-yd. free mark if he can master the grab start he began using at the Easterns...
This feeling was summed up beautifully in junior David Strauss's comment on Gambril's statement. "As far as I'm concerned, the most important day of the season is admissions day at Harvard." Dave said, "Well that's great, I'll work out hard and taper and shave down for April...