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...effort to spur student interest, the Crimson has put together a package of prizes and give-always. The first 60 people through the doors will receive a free T-shirt, while all students will automatically be entered into a series of raffles over the course of the night. Raffle prizes range from dinner for two in Harvard Square to in-line skates...
...been a boon and a blessing to America's myriad cultural outlets. It is easy to think of scores, and possible to find hundreds, of museum exhibitions, dance and drama projects, concerts and arts- education programs of real cultural value that would not have had private underwriting without the spur of public money. Corporations need reassurance and are reluctant to disgorge without...
...listening. "The population is getting smarter and better educated in the use of drugs," says Dr. Michael Weintraub, head of the FDA office that approves over-the-counter drugs. "That's a factor in allowing us to approve some of these switches." It may also spur competition and prolong the financial health of pharmaceutical companies...
...Faculty was in large measure as bitterly divided as the students, and it seemed hard to find respite from almost never-ending political strife. For the most part, we didn't even have the spur of finals as those requirements melted away in the aftermath of Kent State...
...terminated, federal employees laid off. But would a balanced budget bring any quick payoff for the average American? Yes, according to many economists and Wall Street analysts. A deficit-free America would enjoy widespread benefits in the form of lower interest rates for mortgages and business loans. That would spur a boom in housing construction and business investment, creating jobs and raising incomes...