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...ushered the interviewers into a large, spare third-floor office lined with cream-colored silk wall coverings. On the walls hung portraits of Marx and Lenin. The center of action was a table flanked by 18 chairs, covered with green baize and amply supplied with plates of sweet pirozhki (bite-size pastries), mineral water, lemon soda and cut- glass vases filled with colored pencils. Extensively briefed by his aides, Gorbachev had brought along typewritten notes ruled in red, blue and green. He also brought an expert: seated next to him was Georgi Arbatov, Moscow's best- known Americanologist. Viktor Sukhodrev...
...federal tax bite for corporations is 46% on income above $100,000. But tax payments are something else again. Last year 40 large U.S. companies, which had total profits of $10 billion, did not pay one cent in corporate income tax. In fact, 129 of 275 firms paid no taxes in at least one of the last four years. Those were the findings of a report issued last week by Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington research and lobbying group supported by labor unions, churches and public-interest lawyers. Among the artful tax dodgers: Boeing, Pepsico, TransAmerica, Greyhound, Grumman...
...those who seek more extensive smile repair or who risk losing their teeth because of overcrowding or bite problems, orthodontics offers a range of alternatives. Clear plastic braces, available for the past ten years, have made orthodontics more palatable to adults, who now account for 20% of the braces business. "Invisible," or lingual, braces, which are applied to the backs of teeth, are even less conspicuous, though some users complain of tongue irritation and mild speech problems...
...golden-boy territory, but Sting's musical and acting endeavors have, with the exception of the Dune debacle, always justified the hype. Unfortunately, The Dream of the Blue Turtles is less than a revelation. The album certainly is no nightmare, but there's plenty of Sting and not much bite...
...that was dying," says Kim Sung Soo, executive director of the Korean Produce Association. Since the first shops opened in the 1960s, some 1,000 Korean-run outlets have sprouted around the city. They account for 85% of the independent fruit-and-vegetable stores, and have taken a 20% bite out of supermarket business. "They've forced retailers like us to sell better-quality produce and display it more attractively," says Jules Rose, chairman of Sloan's, a citywide grocery chain...