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...treatment of capital gains, and tax them at the same rates as salary income. Such a change would further hamper capital investment, which is crucial to economic progress and job creation. This centerpiece of the tax program is the most likely to be deferred. Yet Carter will probably attempt to raise taxes on income earned abroad by subsidiaries of U.S. corporations and on export earnings of companies that set up domestic international sales corporations. He may try to pare deductions for gasoline taxes, sales taxes and medical expenses. He has shown no sign yet of backing down from his effort...
...gifted of the newly rehabilitated writers is Lao She, a chronicler of pre-Communist China's lower classes who is best known in the West for his 1936 novel Rickshaw Boy. During the Cultural Revolution, Lao came under ferocious attack by the fanatical Red Guards. After a dutiful attempt to write proletarian poetry in accord with the party line of that chaotic period, Lao She told his wife he was leaving home in search of "a peaceful place." He walked to the nearby T'ai-p'ing (Great Peace) Lake in Peking, where he drowned himself...
...government of Socialist Chancellor Bruno Kreisky will abolish 502 of the splendid titles bestowed upon civil servants under the Austro-Hungarian Empire and, until now, faithfully preserved by two Austrian republics. A mere 108 titles will remain in official use. Many of these will be simplified in an attempt to humanize and democratize relations between Austria's 7.5 million citizens and its 345,000 federal bureaucrats, who are notorious for their sloth and discourtesy...
Unfortunately, none of this guarantees that the strains between the U.S. and Japan will be eased. The U.S. would like to see the yen rise even a bit more-yet the Bank of Japan has been selling yen heavily in an attempt to keep their value from rising further. The Japanese have made many promises in the past to let in more foreign goods, but have not taken enough action to please the U.S. and Europe. And Fukuda, despite his decisiveness in shaking up his Cabinet, is regarded as an extremely cautious politician. Says one disgruntled former Cabinet member: "Fukuda...
...that's nice; let's talk about Coach Stephanie Walsh's hat. You see, Saturday was Hat Day at the IAB and each member of the squad entered wearing a hat. It was hardly an attempt to psyche the opposition but it did prove to be the highlight of an otherwise predictable meet...