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Reagan's weapon for holding down spending is the misnamed freeze. It has three main parts: 1) a one-year delay in pay raises for military and civilian employees of the Federal Government and in pension increases for their retired predecessors; 2) a six-month hold on cost of living adjustments (COLAS) in Social Security benefits; in Supplemental Security Income for the needy blind, elderly and disabled; in railroad retirement and veterans' pensions and in food stamps and child-nutrition programs; 3) a recommendation that Congress hold spending for many other programs close to 1983 dollar totals...
...million-member American Association of Retired Persons (A.A.R.P.) vehemently denounced provisions requiring a six-month delay in cost of living adjustments (COLA) for benefits and accelerating payroll tax hikes through 1990. A.A.R.P. is especially outraged by a requirement that, starting in 1984, will impose taxes on half of the benefits of individuals with annual incomes above $20,000 and couples above...
...disappointed that The Crimson failed to report the sentencing of Ed Hasbrouck in Boston on 14 January for having refused to register for the draft. He was given a six-month suspended sentence and is required to give 1000 hours of community service; he is appealing. The sentencing was a culmination of long months of continued political activity by Ed Hasbrouck and his supporters, during which time the message of non-violence was carried to thousands of people. Those who oppose registration for the draft, and especially we who have not complied with this law, were put on trial along...
Sherry and two other former Harvard doctors served six-month prison sentences after a highly publicized trial in which they were charged with raping a Boston nurse in September 1980. Both Sherry and Dr. Arif Hussain were clinical fellows in anesthesiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where the nurse worked...
...adventures of an altruistic mouse dentist, Dr. De Soto, who accepts a highly dangerous and extremely toothy patient. The fox, acting timid, tries to outmouse Dr. De Soto. But the rodent soon outfoxes the patient by employing a bit of orthodontia. The heroics should reassure anyone due for a six-month checkup or a set of braces...