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...need to work on getting mentally tough," Finn said. "We'll have to use these games to become even tougher in the future...
Actually, Congress did increase the maximum fine from $10,000 to $100,000 in 1982, and the courts are beginning to impose tougher sentences. In 1972, only 37% of convicted tax cheaters went to jail; they stayed an average of eleven months. Last year 58% were put behind bars for terms averaging 26 months. On the state level, light sentences are still the rule. In Massachusetts, for example, the longest jail term for each count of tax evasion is five years, but first-time offenders receive an average sentence of six months-and only eleven evaders were packed...
...bills, he persuaded suppliers to be patient. It now seems a plausible bet?not yet even money but not 100 to 1 either?that lacocca's company will survive as No. 3 against its behemoth competitors, General Motors and Ford, and occasionally even threaten them. Of course, the tougher battle is the one that all U.S. carmakers are in together: turning back the competition from Japanese and other foreign automobile companies, who drove off with a record 28% of the market last year...
...seedings lot the Eastern teams were straightforward in the order of their finish in the Boston Garden last weekend. But the controversy out West affects the ECAC squads. You can make a good case that first seeded Harvard has a tougher opponent in Michigan St. than second-seeded Providence laces...
After blowing an early lead in its ECAC semifinal loss to Harvard. UNH bounced back to beat St. Lawrence the next night, as goalie Todd Pearson nearly notched a shutout. But the opposition will be much tougher this weekend. The Gophers are led by a pair of high-scoring forwards, Hobey Baker Award candidate Scott Bjugstad (85 points in 42 games) and Busty Erickson (76 points), and have a steady goalie in Frank Pietrangelo (3.30 goals-against...