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...wants to change the corporate tax code so that amounts owed would be determined by gross rather than net income, which in theory would allow Big Business fewer deductions. She also wants to raise the country's "sin taxes" so that the levy for sales of cigarettes and alcohol keep pace with inflation. (Since 1998, taxes on certain alcohol and cigarette brands have been set by the legislature at fixed amounts.) The tax bureau estimates that this change alone could increase tax receipts by at least $225 million annually...
...father, Charles Edward Adams, was a noted New York burgher. He was chairman of the U.S. Industrial Alcohol Co., which produced acetone and ethanol from the fermentation of molasses, and which, possibly before Charles joined the firm, was tainted by an incident called the Great Molasses Flood of 1919. In January of that year, according to one vivid report, a ?a storage tank holding 2.5 million gallons of molasses exploded, creating a 15-foot tidal wave of sweetness that rushed at 35 mph through downtown Boston, leaving everything brown and sticky like a Mexican restaurant men?s room.... The Great...
...proceeded calmly for the sisters. For many of them, breakfast was "bread with honey straight from the hive," reports Sister Veronica. And fish for lunch, plus plenty of fruit "and because we don't have meat, we just throw in peanuts for the protein." But no alcohol. As Sister Veronica puts it, "We have a regular life, marked by a moderate austerity...
...people think they're going out there to get away, but they take their problems with them," he says, "and a lot of them don't last terribly long. There's not much to do in places like Cocklebiddy, and a lot of people turn to alcohol." As with the stranded motorists he regularly finds en route, "all we can do is talk to them, and at least give them a bit of comfort." For how much longer he doesn't know. "My days are starting to shrink," he admits. But not his faith. When seconded to the region...
...punching at keyboards. It's evening outside, and in inner-city Surry Hills young office workers gather in bars, empty energy drink cans litter footpaths, and trains zip past in bursts of sound and light. The Sydney newsroom is fired up too, but its juice isn't caffeine or alcohol: it's news...