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...ranks of the nation's homeless continue to swell, pushy panhandlers like Demar are indeed attracting attention. No longer simply an unpleasant reminder of society's failures, beggars are feared as a potential danger, particularly in a holiday season, when city streets are filled with shoppers and tourists. "There is no contradiction between feeling sad because you don't know how to help and being frightened because one of the people asking for help may hit you on the head," says Michael Zeik, 64, who runs a gauntlet of beggars at New York City's Grand Central Terminal...
BRANDEIS (76): Michael Swell 0-0--0; Rob Toomey 1-0--2; Derek Oliver 8-5--21; Andre Eaton 1-0--2; Jamie Borque 5-3--14; Mark Peabody 8-0--18; Matt Swedberg 3-0--6; Brian McKay 0-0--0; Roger Finderson 0-0--0; Jim McDonough...
...investments. Advocates of the retirement accounts, however, contend that IRA contributions were just beginning to spur greater thrift when they were restricted in 1986, and that they would provide a powerful stimulus for saving if restored. The problem with restoring the IRA deduction is that the tax break would swell the federal deficit unless the change was offset by other revenue...
...order to swell their numbers, the Dr. Whofans--or Whovians, as they prefer to becalled--have begun showing rare Dr. Who episodeson VCR's in the Dunster House VCR room which areopen to any who want...
...budget summiteers in Washington seemed to feel no such ground swell, at least not last week. The group is losing a race against the calendar for an agreement on a bipartisan package of spending reductions and revenue increases before Nov. 20, when $23 billion in arbitrary cuts will take hold under the Gramm-Rudman law. The committee began the week with optimism all around, based on a plan proposed by House Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois that would cut the deficit by $30 billion in fiscal 1988 and $45.5 billion in 1989. Michel's proposal was considered a breakthrough...