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...billion. Part would be in the form of one or more rebates to individuals on 1976 taxes, similar to the rebate scheme of 1975, when taxpayers received checks of $100 to $200. Part would be in the form of lower withholding rates on 1977 income. In the view of Bert Lance, Carter's incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget (see box), permanent cuts would endanger the new Administration's goal of producing a balanced budget...
...familiarity and technical skill appear to have satisfied too many observers. For instance, in their editorial on the Vance appointment, The New York Times praised the new secretary's negotiating experience, solemnly concluding that Carter had "chosen wisely." In contrast, The Times asserted in an accompanying editorial that Bert Lance, Carter's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget, was "an unknown quantity," a man who did "not appear to be suited to play the larger role of helping to shape broad national economic policies" despite his reputation as an "accessible and efficient executive." The same sort...
...audition judge, Bert Challenor (Rex Robbins), holds the opposite view: "Any good comedian can lead an audience by the nose. But only in the direction they're going. And that direction is, quite simply, escape." The two who follow Challenor's advice win. The boy (Jonathan Pryce) who goes into a brilliantly pantomimed rage against two effigies of the upper middle class loses. What he epitomizes is about as funny as death, but Pryce's caustic honesty and formidable skill in playing the role mark a Broadway debut that is electric with life...
Lynn, who joined the faculty at the Kennedy School of Government only last spring, may soon be leaving for a post at the Office of Management and Budget under Georgia financier Bert Lance...
...wealthy man (estimated worth: $3.1 million) and president of the Atlanta-based National Bank of Georgia, the state's fifth largest, Lance is fond of assuming the guise of an "aw-shucks" country banker. But, says one of Carter's top aides, "Bert is smart, he's tough, he's a good manager and he understands politics-and those are the things Jimmy wants...