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...severe misgivings have nonetheless arisen since the project was begun in 1968. Combined orders from the four customers have slipped from a planned 1,180 to 807-and could shrink more because of costly design compromises. The estimated cost of developing the plane was $1.8 billion. The British Labor government has resolved to review thoroughly the project with its West German and Italian partners before the next phase is authorized. But in British aviation circles at least, the plane is regarded as superior to such U.S. offerings as the F-15, F-14 and F5. Says a high R.A.F. officer...
...Fifty per cent of Harvard's yearly endowment comes from families with a long tradition at Harvard," he said. Sagansky said this percentage would shrink if family traditions were broken as a result of a decrease in the number of male admissions...
...averages 30 ships; the U.S. presently has eight ships, including the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, there. The Russian presence is expected to increase even more with the reopening of the Suez Canal. Then the Soviet supply line, from its Black Sea bases to the Straits of Malacca, will shrink from 11,000 miles around the Cape of Good Hope to 2,200 miles through the canal...
...between two vertebrae, which are then fused together. But in many cases, chymopapain may now provide an alternative to surgery. The enzyme injected into the disc breaks down the ground substance, enabling it and the water to escape and be absorbed by the body. That causes the disc to shrink back into place, thus easing the pressure on the surrounding nerves...
...spread between the upper-and lower-income groups so difficult to shrink? One reason, the CEA notes, is that the graduated income tax does not significantly redistribute wealth. That is partly because taxpayers in the highest brackets have much greater opportunity to use legal write-offs than those with very low incomes. Moreover, the 5.85% Social Security payroll tax takes a much bigger proportional bite out of the salary of a worker earning $5,000 than from one earning more than $17,000. Ever larger sales taxes are also more burdensome for the poor...