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...subcommittee chairman, Representative James Burke of Massachusetts, has lined up more than 100 co-sponsors for a bill that would raise the wage base, use general revenue money, and cut the payroll tax rate from the present 5.85% to 3.9%. But he faces stiff opposition. President Ford at his budget briefing argued that with any use of general revenues to finance Social Security, "you are in effect losing the concept that a person working is paying for his or her retirement." Social Security Commissioner James Cardwell fears that reliance on general revenues instead of payroll taxes would be "an open...
...timid dogs sit on their haunches and howl at the moon." As for his hoofing ability, the paper's critic was relieved to find that Prowse "is fast enough on her feet to prevent any damage to her toes when Rock is called on to do an occasional, stiff-backed military two-step." With his eight-week run sold out before opening night, Hudson claimed to be unperturbed by the notices, although he did concede that "actually, I dance better when I'm drunk...
...reduces the flow of warming blood to the extremities. Eventually, if the temperature in the tissue drops low enough, tiny ice crystals begin to form in the watery spaces between the cells. Expanding outward in all directions, the ice ruptures cell membranes and kills the tissue, which turns white, stiff and insensitive to touch...
Radcliffe, which only started practicing with the men this season, will have stiff February competition before heading for the team and individual eastern championships in March...
...freshmen's weaving rushes, slick cross-ice passing, and stiff poke checking straitjacketed the Warriors' forays through most of the seesawing contest before the tables turned in the waning minutes. "Everyone was moving," said Coach Tim Taylor...