Word: shores
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Labor's shadow chancellor, Peter Shore, offered his party's alternative budget, calling for $16.3 billion in additional spending to generate a 5% growth in the economy next year. (The Tories' projections call for only 1.5% growth.) Moreover, Shore charged, tables issued by the government's own tax office showed Howe's figures on tax benefits to be a fraud. Only Britons with incomes of more than $36,000 would actually benefit from the Tories' budget. Scoffed he: "So much for this 'budget for the people...
...second time in two years that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials tried to shore up a week budget by increasing the cost of transit service. But ridership has been dropping off, and officials are now considering calling back the price-hikes...
According to Tufts assistant coach Bob Bigelow, for the last two weeks Khan-yes, he is related; they all are--has produced "the best squash of his life. To shore up a perceived deficit in his mental game, the sophomore played five three game matches a day against his teammates during the time span leading up to the Harvard match (if you don't think this was a big one for Tufts you're...well, you're wrong...
...your "Marital Tale of Two Cities" [Jan. 25] you failed to mention the plight of the scallop fisherman who is out to sea for ten to 14 days and home for only five. No letters can be sent. Ship-to-shore phone calls cost more than $7 for three minutes, and the conversation can be heard on scanners throughout the area...
...team has had a few blessings lately as they move toward their biggest Ivy League matches in the next two weeks. While the starters have remained healthy and uninjured. Rick Beller, a stellar performer at 126 lbs, returns to the lineup to shore up the lower weight classes after an injury that has kept him out of competition since before Christmas. With the continuous improvement of freshmen Bausano and Wallace, the present and the future look bright...