Word: tested
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...Failed Test. Unless the Senate bill is drastically revised in a House-Senate conference, it will provide a tax cut for individual taxpayers of $4 billion next year, minus whatever new revenue comes from tax reforms. Among other Christmas tree ornaments: a 15% boost in Social Security benefits, half again the amount the Administration had approved and without any increase in rates, plus new minimum monthly payments of $100 for single persons and $150 for couples. The new minimums, up from an intolerably low $55 and $82.50, would be paid by deductions from earnings up to $12,000 a year...
...raising personal exemptions from $600 per person to $800, the Gore amendment would reduce taxes by 61% for a family of four earning $5,000 a year, by 27% for a family earning $7,500. Ignoring President Nixon's warning that Gore's proposals failed "the test of fiscal responsibility," the Senate last week passed them by a vote...
...Yardlings, who allowed five goals in their victories over Bowdoin and Dartmouth, face a tougher test in containing the Terrier attack. B. U. has averaged eight goals per game, and both Steve Dolloss and Ron Anderson have tallied six times in three games for the Terriers...
...slightly better than we had expected." said captain Cliff Ruderman. "This match was not so much a test of the team's ability as it was of its spirit, and I was pleased with the spirit that the team displayed...
There were no surprises in the match against SMU. Epee. as expected, was the Crimson's strong point. The fencers did establish themselves as a potent squad despite the loss from last year's squad of Tom Keller, Tom Abbott, and Geza Tetrallyay. The first real test of the Crimson and particularly of its promising sophomores will come next week in New York. Ruderman is optimistic that the team spirit and depth demonstrated yesterday will carry the fencers over CCNY...