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...Jeffrey Archer's Viewpoint on the reform of Britain's 700-year-old House of Lords [Oct 26], it sounded really nice when he noted that "the hereditary peers owe their position to no living person. They are therefore free to think and act as they choose." Indeed, they have done nothing other than be born into the "right" families to gain their seats. According to Archer, the fact that the hereditary Lords are finally voting to give up their privileges is a proof of their wisdom. If it is, I only wish the Lords had been slightly more clever...
LORD JEFFREY ARCHER is a novelist and Conservative Party politician; he is also a likely candidate for mayor of London...
Whenever Congress writes new tax laws, it makes mistakes. Usually they get fixed. But when such an error granted a windfall to those who inherit estates worth more than $17 million a year, Rep. Bill Archer (R., Texas), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, made sure that provision stayed just as it was. His action will save about $200,000 each for a few hundred heirs each year. Cost to the Treasury: $880 million over 10 years. If you're one of the lucky few, you can call to thank Archer...
...switch the channel?" Mike's wife used to ask him when he got particularly agitated. But Mike thought that switching channels would simply confirm his growing suspicion that all public-affairs programming was sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland, using his money...
...next morning he phoned the 800 number of the pension plan. A voice asked him if he wanted to shift some of his holdings from a retirement money-market portfolio to an OTC portfolio. The more buttons he pushed, the more such talk continued. Nobody said anything about Archer Daniels Midland...