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LOVELESS. RIGHT THERE IN THE name is some significant country poetry--the kind that, around 3 a.m. at the lonesome end of an Ozark bar, acquires the artless profundity of a cry for help. Patty Loveless started life as Patty Ramey, married drummer Terry Lovelace and later modified the surname. It turned out Loveless perfectly fit her musical taste. Her songs catalog every sin a man can commit, every pain a woman can bear. If you turn on the radio and hear a strong heart breaking, chances are it's the one in that plangent Loveless voice...
Candid or Artless...
...FLAT TAX WERE A PERSON, it would be a little like Steve Forbes: straightforward and artless on the outside, more complex on closer examination. The political appeal of Forbes' flat tax--a single, 17% rate on all income above a generous personal exemption, and no deductions--lies in its apparent simplicity and its promise to close loopholes for the wealthy and well connected. The proposal has economic appeal as well: a simpler tax code could boost middle Americans' stagnant incomes, in part by freeing much of the $80 billion-plus that individuals and businesses now spend each year...
...these ladies are brought forward one by one to tell their often archetypal tales of dreams betrayed. But there's also a nice tartness, a lack of self-pity, in their telling. Quilt is a patchwork, but when it's finally stitched together, one sees a certain artless intricacy in its design, a certain glow in its blend of colors...
Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian has ended his $22.8 billion hostile bid for Chrysler in what TIME Detroit Bureau Chief William McWhirter calls "an artless folly of comical proportions--the worst single deal in the history of money." Kerkorian, who said today through a spokesman that he has no plans to sell his 36 million shares, had offered to increase his ownership to 90% of Chrysler ina deal backed by former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. "This deal simply couldn't be done," says McWhirter. "None of the traditional debt instruments were there to finance it, and no syndicate bank wanted that type...