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...You’re denying resources to programs that serve the middle class and neediest of the needy on the eve of a projected vote to provide tax benefits and breaks to the most advantaged in our society.” Moreover, the Republican Party’s sudden rediscovery of fiscal responsibility rings hollow, to say the least. The House spending bill trims four percent off the forecasted $1.6 trillion budget deficit. In a stunning juxtaposition, Congressional Republicans are also trying to pass a $70 billion tax cut bill, which overwhelmingly benefits well-off taxpayers. Even if this harsh...
...Mather House, according to Harvard University Police Department Spokesman Steven G. Catalano. David R. Bach ’07 said yesterday that Vick snuck into his suite through a common bathroom. “He started looking around my roommate’s room, and all of a sudden he turned around when he realized there was somebody else present,” Bach said. “I asked him what he was doing there, and he claimed to be fixing fire alarms. But I kept watching him, and he clearly wasn’t fixing the fire alarms...
George R.R. Martin is fond of sudden reversals. The tasty but poisoned dish, the false god who abruptly proves all too real, the unsalvageable rogue who strikes a hidden vein of decency when we--and he--least expect it. Martin is also partial to sacked castles, bear pits, disastrous battles, cynical betrayals, public executions, assassinations, ill luck, duels to the death, ambushes in forests and corpses left rotting in green hedgerows. The world Martin writes about may bear a passing resemblance to Olde Englande, but it is not a Merrie...
...worthwhile pursuit. "It was hard to prove my case and point. There was no past history" at the bank of targeting Hispanic customers, she says. Castro de Cortes made her case by talking about potential profits to be made from the growing Latino market. "All of a sudden, things changed," she says. "They saw what my area of expertise could do for them. I had the numbers and the potential money to be made. That always, always did the trick...
...injured senior quite capably. Berry held his own in the early season when opposing offenses targeted his side of the field. Williams has come on strong in recent games—he registered two interceptions against Dartmouth on October 29.“All of a sudden we have great depth in the secondary,” Murphy said. “We have four very experienced corners, and we’re in the best shape we’ve been in with the secondary in a long time.”Senior Swan SongTomorrow’s match...