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...lopsided affair was a showdown for the ineptitude that has helped Brown compile a 1-17-1 ECAC record this season as well as a chance for Harvard players to improve on some already impressive statistics...
...commission members have been unable to reach a consensus in such a short time. But a delay in reporting may also be a tactical advantage. At the moment, the President's defense budget is under heavy fire on Capitol Hill. If the MX became the first military spending showdown, it might fall victim to congressional budget-cutting zeal...
...cagers take an 11-10 record (3-6 in Ivy play) into their showdown with Cornell tonight at Briggs. The Big Red is 4-5 in the Ivies after last night's 47-44 loss at Dartmouth...
...services side, the Senator wants to specialize in elderly affairs, hoping to divert a showdown between the elderly and the other residents of the state. Kraus has also begun a fight for a commission to study ways to reduce Massachusetts over reliance on the property tax, a tax that hits the poor and the elderly out of proportion to their income. Despite Proposition 21/2--a sweeping tax cut passed in 1980. Kraus guesses that property revaluation which often shifted the tax burden from businesses to homes means that 85 percent of Massachusetts homes will pay more property tax than before...
Aspen faces a showdown next week in the debate over its future, when residents will vote in a special election on whether to impose a local business tax. The revenues, which could generate up o $1.5 million a year, would go into a fund to set up services to attract tourists. Examples: a computerized central reservation system for the area's lodges and an association to woo ski clubs and conventions. Even if the new tax is approved, Aspen faces an uphill battle. For one thing, the baby boomers who led the rush to the slopes are older...