Word: might
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...York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller (we might as well be precise, since he is just another governor now) is currently backing a proposal which would permit non-property taxes at the local level as a supplement to current property taxes and to state grants for education. His argument, stated in simple terms, is that property owners will not take many more rises in the mil rate, and that no one likes a rise in State taxes. Hence, sales taxes or a surcharge on state income taxes is needed to meet the rising costs of schools...
...Kolodin, the musical pundit of the Saturday Review, added his share to the heroine-worship of Nilsson, now the fashion among New York critics, by pointing out her superb acting and imposing stage deportment. All in all, one can find few flaws in her tempestuous, queenly Isolde. Though one might complain about her occasional tendency to sing sharp, the fact remains that the New York critics are right, that her debut at the Met constituted a musical event of the first rank...
...would be welcome to see funds provided for a magazine on the plan of Portfolio which, even more than Fogg exhibitions, could familiarize the Cambridge community with the graphic art of the best Harvard and Radcliffe artists. As well, the regular appearance of such a magazine might increase the productiveness of undergraduates in this medium. Certainly this effort would provide a useful outlet for undergraduate...
...bugle) is oddly appropriate in this setting of the most terrible portions of the text. But the canons are the heart of the work. These are uncompromisingly bare of ornamentation, often unaccompanied; every consideration is excluded except the row and its transformations into lines and combinations of lines. This might be the point to ask: Does the piece have anything to say? The formal, declamatory style is not particularly friendly, nor are the most ingratiating sections meant for casual listening. I found Threni frequently affecting, although in parts the gray was unrelieved. More hearings might easily produce a different view...
Reynolds term of office, which began in 1946, has been one of almost unprecedented University growth. It is generally felt that in this period he did much to order and centralize the activities which might otherwise have expanded haphazardly. He was also an important figure in the revamping of the University pension system, a process which has been going on since...