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...cases, that tax consequence could be avoided through a device called a "mirror loan" or a "back-to-back loan"; Lindsey says he thinks the Clintons used such an arrangement but is not sure. Partner McDougal, however, says he never heard of any such thing. Experts consulted by TIME assert that if there were such a loan arrangement, it should have left a paper trail on the Clintons' tax returns that is nowhere visible...
Asian Americans need to assert their collective political identity more often. However, they can't take their example from the minorities of the past. The new Asian leaders will be academics and prominent media personalities, not militants like Malcolm X. After all, our situation differs markedly; we don't have to deal with systematic oppression, but rather with the last vestiges of discrimination which we have ignored for too long...
...researchers argue that alien abductions may be disguised memories of sexual abuse. Others assert that abduction memories may also be unwittingly planted by over-zealous therapists. "I believe these victims believe it," says Ray Hyman, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. "People are trying to please the hypnotist. The therapist and patient collaborate with each other to produce the story." Hypnosis can be extremely effective in eliciting fantasies that therapists can use in treating patients. The technique, however, can also create false memories. Says Ray William London, president of the American Boards of Clinical Hypnosis...
...them guided by therapists, who suddenly remember what they allegedly years or decades ago repressed (see following story). Although Freud almost certainly would have regarded most of these charges with withering skepticism, his theory of repression and the unconscious is being used -- most Freudians would say misused -- to assert their authenticity...
Proponents of Reich's proposal assert that it would help those who currently earn the minimum wage. It's certainly true that some will benefit from a wage increase of 12 percent. But surely, others will not appreciate a decrease of 100 percent...