Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite outscoring Princeton by 38 points on the final day of competition, the Crimson came up 32 points short of overtaking the Tigers, finishing in second overall by a 564-532 margin...
...backs on Pell Grants andcollege work loans. TAXES: Proposes, afive-year revenue enforcement plan to catchdelinquent tax payers, but does not rule out thepossibility of raising taxes to balance thebudget. TRADE: In favor of free trade.Opposes Gephardt amendement, Says U.S. tradedeficit could be ameliorated with better economicpolicy. Would consider short-term protectionismfor some industries to allow them to catch up withforeign competitors...
...games exemplified Harvard's losses thisyear. Against Yale, the Crimson fell behind earlyand made a great comeback before falling short atthe...
Last came two days of slaloms, short, twisting, violent races. Racers wearing heavily padded gloves and shin protectors charge straight at hinged flag gates and bash them aside. Schneider took a slim lead after the first run but fretted that she had been too passive. She is a country mouse from the tiny village of Elm, who at 13 quit school and competitive skiing to keep house after her mother died. She lists her hobby as knitting. Now she psyched herself into a fury, slugged gates like a boxer on her second run and won her second gold, ahead...
...often presidential commissions are long on advice but woefully short on real clout. Most AIDS watchers expected that Ronald Reagan's 13-member AIDS panel, with its checkered beginnings and lack of expertise, would be no different. But no one counted on the no-nonsense leadership of retired Navy Admiral James Watkins. In releasing a hard-hitting 60-page report last week, Watkins politely but firmly dismissed the moralistic posturing that has characterized much of the White House's response to the AIDS epidemic and outlined a realistic policy to control the spread of the disease. "We waste...