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Harvard led 37-26 entering the second period, but saw its lead shrink to five, 41-36, when Yale forward Bari Porter sank a jumper three minutes into the half...
...intelligence community, which includes the CIA as well as the Pentagon, the State Department and FBI intelligence services, hasa $28 billion-a-year budget. That is likely to shrink, given thecost-cutting mood in Congress. Its most expensive items are the billion-dollar spy satellites that former CIA Director James Woolsey, who had frequent funding battles with Congress, wanted to upgrade. But Senate critics complain that the CIA already has six photographic spy satellites sitting in warehouses, which, along with the ones in orbit, could take pictures for at least the next decade. New satellites for intercepting communications signals would...
Cruise the party. Although alcohol is optional in the hunt for nooky, it certainly facilitates consensual interactions. Potential targets should be identified early, taking into account the fact that the pool may grow or shrink as the evening progresses. Proper identification of candidates depends upon such attributes as availability (did they come alone?), appropriate species characteristics (open to debate) and size (height differentials can be damaging in dance situations). Good scoping spots include raised areas (backs of couches, edges of platforms) from which the room can be fully surveyed, as well as locations near the beverages...
...projections were vastly overestimated. Whitman plans to trim, among other items, the state's environmental-protection and transportation budgets. She will also lay off 812 state workers. An additional 2,200 positions will be contracted out to the private sector. However, with state funding for local services likely to shrink, some municipalities are raising local property taxes to make up the shortfall. According to the Office of Legislative Services, during Whitman's first year in office, state income taxes went down an average of $49, but local property taxes went up $175. During her campaign, she predicted that...
...downturn. Some 4,000 businesses closed in the first four weeks of 1995 because of high interest rates, lack of sales and tight credit since the peso crash. Predictions of the annual inflation rate for 1995 run to 20% or more, and many economists expect the economy to shrink at least 2%, even if the U.S. guarantee is approved. Government and private analysts contend that while direct foreign investment will fall only slightly below last year's $7.5 billion, portfolio investment--funds directed toward the stock and bond markets--is likely to decline from $10 billion to $1 billion...