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...BATTLE of the Bulge, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, was "the last major German counteroffensive of World War II, an unsuccessful attempt..." The Battle of the Bulging Budget, currently being fought in New York City, will most likely be analogously defined: "the last major Lindsay counteroffensive of the Urban Fiscal Crisis, an unsuccessful attempt...
According to Webster's. however, a "bias" is a "prejudice," and if Bowles and MacEwan mean anything by their allegation it must be that the Western economist is not only predisposed against communist revolutions, but that the predisposition is indefensible. It should be observed, therefore, that such a predisposition might stem, among other things, from an awareness that communist societies too are, by all accounts, not especially attentive to "human costs of rapid growth" such as described. The predisposition might also reflect a concern for other "human costs" as well, human costs represented by, for example, the incarceration of millions...
Fullback Joe Haslitt scored touchdowns on a short run and on a screen pass from Pete Bernhard, and the Kirkland defense didn't allow Lowell any first downs in Kirkland's 12-0 victory on Webster Field...
Lowell's soccer captain, Ted Voorhees, was another of yesterday's stars. He scored his team's first two goals in a rough game on Webster field. Hal Clark and Eric Pope added goals later as Lowell turned a close game into a runaway...
...roommate goes to his desk and finds a scrap of paper inscribed with the words "Eat Me" on top of his Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary...