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...most likely assures the Crimson of a spot in the top six of the national rankings and a ticket to the NCAA championships. Harvard will also be exempted from having to play in the ECAC tournament...
Bringing ROTC to campus would enhance the incentive for students who have to work their way through college to opt for the free route. To be bribed by a tantalizing way to pay their ticket through here, and, yes, to take up a greater burden for our nation's defense than is equitable. To turn their time and talent away from other academic and extracurricular pursuits. To have the relief of paying a bill...
Finance Committee Chair Guhan Subramanian '92 admits in The Independent, "We don't expect to break even. As long as people are being entertained that's what's important." With the cost of $50,000, and a seating capacity at Bright Arena of 3800, each ticket would have to sell for more than $13, which is an awful lot for Suzanne Vega, and this is before one even considers costs for the use of Bright, police, and the placement of seating...
...very fact that Wilder, 58, will head his party's statewide ticket in a former stronghold of the Confederacy is an indication of progress. Since 1964 the number of black elected officials has grown from 103 to more than 6,000. But the numbers conceal a disturbing reality: in many places racial antagonism is sharpening rather than abating -- a process that politicians, both white and black, have at times exacerbated. Republican TV spots on the Willie Horton case in last year's presidential campaign tapped white fears. The upsurge of drug-related urban violence, says Democratic pollster Harrison Hickman...
What the medieval silk-and-spice caravans were to Western Europe, Flight 30 is to Soviet consumers today. The few who can afford the 1,762-ruble ($2,800) round-trip ticket gain an opportunity to outfit their homes with otherwise unavailable dream goods. The Soviet government, which officially frowns on such lavish spending of hard currency, limits how many rubles its citizens can change into dollars for their trip (7 rubles, or $11.20, a day). But they manage to raise the cash. A favored scheme is to carry jewelry to sell...