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Fried, spiced bean curd...
WASHINGTON: Momentum is building for an IRS overhaul that could create the ultimate opportunity for revenge by corporate big-wigs who have faced audits. Former Treasury secretaries Nicholas Brady and James Baker surprised the nation's bean counters Monday by endorsing the creation of a private-sector review board to keep tabs on IRS efficiency, or the lack of it, taking the oversight responsibility away from the Treasury Department. The current Treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, is staunchly opposed because he feels the proposal would create conflicts of interest for taxpayers on the board. He is expected to put those sentiments...
...Open Profiling Standard. The idea is to allow the computer user to create an electronic "passport" that identifies him to online marketers without revealing his name. The user tailors the passport to his own interests, so if he is passionate about fly-fishing and is cruising through L.L. Bean's Website, the passport will steer the electronic-catalog copy toward fishing gear instead of, say, Rollerblades...
...Lamont-Doherty have set up an international research institute dedicated to predicting medium-range swings in climate. Already, says climatologist Antonio Moura, the director, he and other scientists have begun to produce experimental forecasts of the probable impact of the ENSO cycle on selected regions. Thus rice, corn and bean farmers in northeast Brazil, say, could, if adequately forewarned, mitigate the effect of El Nino-associated droughts by planting rapidly maturing varieties of seed. The only hitch is that if they switch and a drought does not occur, their crop yields would be lower than normal...
...Mocha Man's arrival was eagerly anticipated. In he'd come with the tools of his trade--espresso maker, blender, coffee bean grinder. And everyone would flock around him, ordering their ice-blended mochas, with a double shot of espresso, no sugar, just sweet 'n' low, extra-chocolate, banana, decaf, please...and just a dab of whipped cream. Or maybe a hot cappuccino...