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...profited from internecine warfare among the Democrats. In Massachusetts, which must shed one seat, the Democratic legislature pushed Republican Congresswoman Margaret Heckler and Democratic Congressman Barney Frank into the same district. The new seat contains about 70% of Heckler's old district, and the legislators stoutly refused to tack on the Democratic city of Framingham to bolster Frank's chances. The abrasive Frank evidently made a lot of enemies in the Massachusetts house of representatives, where he served for eight years before winning a seat in Congress...
...Harvard. She took a taste of Radcliffe crew ("They put me at stroke which really didn't surprise me"), then quit to pursue her love of basketball. It was only after leaving the hoop team because of its "pressure and lack of cameraderie" that Johnson went out for the tack team...
...King's tack so far has been rather simple While singling out the 7.5 percent surtax Dukakis imposed on income taxes to pull the state out of its fiscal crisis. King has taken credit for significantly reducing the remaining tax burden for state residents. In his State of the State address in early January, he boldly declared that "Taxachusetts is dead," claiming that taxes have decreased since 1978 by $30 per $1000 of earned income...
Regardless of their motivation, the ads give an indication of the tack King's campaign will take in the future. It seems he will contrast his governorship with that of Dukakis, taking credit for many of the improvements in the economic climate. The 60-second radio ad cites lower unemployment, lower taxes and higher per capita income. "The governor has not so good a job of educating," says Sean G. Mullin, King's field coordinator...
...some tax credits granted to businesses that conserve energy and requiring faster payment of taxes on profits earned by defense contractors. The President definitely will not propose a windfall-profits tax on natural gas producers, but aides hint broadly that he will not fight a move by Congress to tack the tax onto a repeal of the remaining price controls on natural gas. Such a tax might bring in $10 billion to $20 billion a year...