Word: specializes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...probably know, our darling, huggable Governor Eddy King is responsible for raising the drinking age to 20. This will complicate things. If you want to purchase liquor in the state, you must theoretically have either a Mass. Driver's license, of a special Mass. drinking card that will cost you $5, issued by a department headed by one of King's cronies. Most places--except for Father's Six, a townie dive--don't card you unless your voice cracks when you ask for the Wild Turkey, but during Freshman Week places in the Square may be a little more...
...service at Mem Church Sunday morning, specially prepared for freshmen and their parents, is nothing special. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and minister of Mem Church, puffs himself up and then bellows forth from the ornate wooden pulpit in one of the most secular sermons you'll ever hear. Your attention is still bound to wander, though. After all, this is church...
...meritocratic" society in which the ablest and most intelligent would rule. As practical steps toward this goal, they suggest a variety of programs ranging from abortion and genetic control to a new kind of elitist education that would involve the early selection of children with high IQs for special training...
Small companies have special needs, Levitt argues. Government regulations are an especially heavy burden on them. By Levitt's reckoning, the cost of complying with environmental, safety and other rules comes to $32 per $100,000 of sales for companies with less than $100 million in revenues, vs. $4 for larger corporations. Because small companies are not as well known and therefore need to broaden their shareholder base and increase ownership of their stock, they prefer cuts in capital gains taxes rather than the increased depreciation allowances advocated by big companies. Says Levitt: "Our kinds of companies...
...worst air disaster. The California Supreme Court is still in turmoil as a result of last November's Times story reporting that the court withheld politically sensitive decisions until after the election. And the Times put three months and about $2 million into a 32-page special section on oil-rich Mexico published July...