Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Princeton and Brown Universities may institute new student loan programs modeled after Harvard's, allowing middle and upper-middle class students greater flexibility in paying tuition, representatives of the two schools said yesterday...
...psychologically cautious about making concessions under pressure, and given the terrorist record of the Palestinians the Israelis find themselves in an extremely defensive position. But at present, Israel has no need to worry about demonstrating weakness when making such a proposal; the country clearly has the upper hand...
...society in which someone who is strong or able or brilliant or even fortunate is punished, and his substance-speaking about his financial substance, now-is taken away from him and distributed among those who are less highly motivated. I would not have a punitive tax rate at the upper levels, but I will continue to explore ways to make sure that those who are downtrodden, who are chronically unemployed, whose families have been required to suffer from past discriminations, are involved in the processes of Government and private life...
...treated with kid gloves in the concert's opening work, his Roman Carnival Overture. Terry Maskin, who was outstanding in the 1976 Harvard Summer School Orchestra, showed similar mastery in the tricky English horn solo, and the trombones cut through the string filigree passages with round sonority. Even the upper string intonation was not excessively distressing, and the forte passages seemed to herald a new, aggressive, full-bodied ensemble sound...
Launch a year-long study of the federal tax structure to simplify the revenue system and eliminate some of the deductions, loopholes and tax shelters that are chiefly used by upper-income people...