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Ronnie Dugger, publisher of the liberal Texas Observer, says the U.S. needs more John Silbers, flaws and all. "What we have here is a valuable citizen," he says, because of Silber's energy and commitment. No way, counters James H. Sledd, a former English professor at the University of Texas who taught under | Silber. "We don't need any more people who know they're right. They are the most dangerous people going." Both men have a point...
...amendment to the state constitution that would slash tax revenue even more severely, say the picture is not so gloomy. "Every day some city manager or another is spouting off that this would be a disaster...They say the libraries will have to be closed or some such," Jim Sledd, public relations director for Associated Industries, says. "It's bullshit," he adds. In the first place, Sledd says, the tax cuts would be good for business, and that would mean expansion and hence more tax revenue. Greg Hyatt, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, suggested another tonic for troubled...
...problem in Massachusetts is that they spend too much money." Hyatt said. "Is it right to force people who own property to pay for all the things the government wants?" he asks. "A lot of cities will have to get with it, and adopt better management techniques," he concludes. Sledd's message is much the same. "Our average income was dipping below the national average, which is kind of a horrendous idea for a modern industrial state like this...not some farm state like Mississippi or something...It's the producers against the public sector, which has grown...
...years passed and other dictionaries came out, the great book became overshadowed by the man. How good a dictionary was it? This week, on the sooth anniversary of its publication, Johnsonians could find the answers in two new studies: Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, by James H. Sledd and Gwin J. Kolb of the University of Chicago (University of Chicago Press; $5), and Young Sam Johnson, by James L. Clifford, professor of English at Columbia University (McGraw-Hill...
...Lady Fingers and Push Balls were unable to finish the series on time, so they are tied for third place. The make-up of the No Names was as follows: W. B. Buck 2 G., c.; J. S. Galbraith '99, p.; A. Sledd 2 G., 1b.; H. P. Robinson Sp., 2b.; F. D. Robinson '99, 3b.; J. Nowell '99, s. s.; G. E. Barrell 1 Dn., l. f.; F. T. Bement 1 G., c. f.; R. H. Morrison...