Word: shavings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shepard over at Book Tech proclaimed that books are "Five percent of total education cost, and 80 percent of total education." How many classes do I take because of the syllabus, in spite of the professor's droning tone.... I believe. Maybe books are expensive, maybe they could shave off a few dollars here and there, but in the face of copyright lawsuits and the Harvard "uniqueness" we would never let go of, we might just have to accept higher prices and embrace our former enemy, the Coop...
Once again, Harvard will not shave in its meet against Penn. The razors will not be broken out until the Crimson shaves and tapers for the Eastern Championships. If the rest of the season is any indication, this effort will not go unrewarded...
Gephardt has also warned the Administration against getting budget relief by revising down the Consumer Price Index, which is apparently giving retirees cost of living increases about 30% higher than the rate of inflation. Bringing the CPI even halfway into line with economic reality would shave billions off the deficit. But Clinton and Gore don't need the savings to balance the budget this year, so they'll consider a CPI adjustment down the road...
...professors moan, starting before Labor Day would cut short their time on the Cape and at the Vineyard. However, starting in August, as most other Ivy-Leaguers do, seems a worthwhile tradeoff for finishing the semester before vacation, internships and the Vineyard notwithstanding. It would even be acceptable to shave four days off reading period and a few days off finals to allow us to begin a little later in the summer, still end early and have reading period in the middle...
...eyewitnesses have provided Payne's current lawyer, Paul Khoury, with sworn statements that they saw the murder committed by Robert Smith. Indeed, Smith himself, who became the main state's witness against Payne, later signed a 16-page affidavit stating that he framed Payne because prison officials offered to shave 15 years off his sentence. Thus armed, Khoury marched into a 1991 hearing to reopen his client's case--and was rudely rebuffed. First, Smith recanted his recantation, claiming coercion. Then the judge--who had presided over the original trial--refused to admit Smith's sworn affidavit, ruling that...