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...time, however, the oil and banking industries were hit with new taxes. Spokesmen complained that the meager benefits in the budget package would do little to relieve the plight of most businesses. "I share the disappointment everyone will feel," said a somewhat apologetic Howe. "But I am determined to sustain firm action in the battle against inflation. To change course now would be fatal...
...donnas pouting with vanity, sighing village simpletons and cartoon-strip gestures flourish at Lowell House this weekend in Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, a production which remains unabashed and comfortable in its use of devices that have pleased audiences for centuries--and balances them well enough to sustain its momentary lapses into camp and slang...
...opportunities Harvard offers its students makes is difficult to sustain a major commitment to a sport like swimming for all four years. Some people are willing to make it their sole commitment outside of course work and for others it's just another extracurricular. The choice belongs to the individual and I don't concern myself with judging the approach of my teammates," Hackett says...
...seems, is Barry Hannah. There are few writers today who can match Hannah for sheer sustain--for the ability to keep extraordinary excess under control. He resists the usual literary tricks, the epiphanies and the neat endings, the sly references and displays of prodigious learning. Instead he revels in our perversity. He points to the airports, the pimps and the pinups and remains dazzled, amazed, repulsed and fascinated. He distills it all and produces the literary equivalent of grain Alcohol--a genuine Purple Jesus...
...service functions, which are increasingly dependent on better-educated employees. Thus a traditional means of upward mobility for the poor has been blocked. The report states that it is self-defeating to try to reindustrialize the central cities; too much federal aid is given in a vain effort to sustain them, and not enough is given directly to the poor. According to the report, the poor should be helped by a guaranteed minimum income, by job training and by assistance in migrating to areas where work is available. Instead of trying to bring jobs to people, the Government should take...