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...showdown will probably come next summer when Congress and the Administration decide how to meet the $100 billion Gramm-Rudman deficit ceiling. After an extended bout of recrimination and finger pointing, both sides will have to agree to raise taxes or cut some $30 billion to $40 billion from cherished defense and social programs. "It's fairly likely that a modest increase in the gasoline tax will be included" in whatever package emerges, says California's Beilenson. "You've got to have something that's wrapped up with a solution for a bigger problem to provide political cover." If that...
...showdown on abortion at the Supreme Court...
...brief moment it looked like Hughes would not record the doughnut. With 1:33 left in the game, Jamie Hanlon broke away from the Harvard defense and set up a showdown with Hughes...
Most of the times posted by the Crimson were solid for this point in the season, and would have been winners against another unshaven team. But the Cadets took to the razors for last week's big showdown with Navy, and all they needed was a touch-up job on Friday night to provide Harvard with its second league loss of the early season...
...Eastern titles to Blodgett Pool from 1979 to 1986. And some of that positive energy may come in the form of the squad's other co-captain, Olympic gold-medalist David Berkoff, who becomes eligible to swim on February 1, three days before the team's big dual-meet showdown at Princeton...