Word: threats
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Authors Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman '73 have undertaken a monumental task, that of investigating dozens of cults and movements to discover just what snapping is, why it occurs, the implications for our society and our theory of the mind, and perhaps most importantly, whether it is a threat to freedom that should be fought or an historical moment of widespread social transcendence that should be welcomed...
Among other important issues dealt with in the bill are the minimum tax on high-income persons, taxation of unemployment compensation paid to those earning more than $20,000, and an investment tax credit to help rehabilitate the inner city. Under threat of a veto, the Senate's tuition tax-credit measure was separated from the package...
...point, Schreiber threatened to break a recruiter's arm if he failed to meet his quota. Schreiber told the committee that the threat was not serious. Said he: "We're in the Marine Corps. That's the way we speak. We're not graduates of the College of the Immaculate Conception." With considerable pride, Schreiber reported that he managed to raise his staffs performance from 59% of its quota to 100% after he took charge in 1977. His reward: headquarters increased his quota by 13 percentage points...
...have a special place in hell! That's fool talk! There's nothing worse than an old fool...I'm going to pray for this man and I ask you to pray for him, too," he told his congregation. That morning, following the service, the church received a bomb threat. On Labor Day weekend, another Klan meeting drew 9000 people...
Spurred on by the threat of losing their coach, and in honor of his anniversary, not to mention the motivation of getting even with "those farmers," the Harvard men's cross-country team defeated the Big Green, 23-32, yesterday afternoon in Hanover...