Word: bitely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Organism for 1968. Tied up with the party's chances of winning is the larger question for the nation: how the Republicans seek to win. They could attempt to capitalize on the electorate's fears and frustrations by promising the cheap and the quick: a smaller tax bite for the middle class and a bigger night stick for the ghetto. Or they could attempt the far more demanding mission of conducting what Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer calls "the politics of realism"-of identifying the direction to be taken and setting the difficult course for the journey...
...signal wholesale whoopee. But judging from the Lambeth '68 guidebook, printed to help the bishops when they met last week for their decennial conference in London, somebody expects the old boys to kick up their heels a bit. In the section on where to eat, the Barque and Bite was highly recommended because "you get a sherry on the house while you study the menu." Chez Solange came out as "very, very French" with "ludicrously large helpings, noisy French neighbors and good carafe wine." L'Etoile was billed as "one of the most expensive," but the guide suggested...
...disgruntled but lovable-looking tummy seated in separate chairs, hashing out their troubles before an unseen marriage counselor. It ought to be revolting, but it isn't. The drawing style has some of the wonderful, way-out whimsy of Thurber and the deceptive, squiggly-line bite of Jules Feiffer, while the dialogue is reminiscent of an Elaine May-Mike Nichols routine...
...Bite. Most taxpayers will begin to feel the measure's impact by mid-July. Because the increase for individuals is retroactive only to April 1, the increased bite for 1968 will really amount to 7½% (example: the $10,000-a-year man with wife and two children who paid $1,100 in taxes last year will pay an added $83.25 in 1968). Corporations, liable for the increase as of last Jan. 1, will pay the full additional 10% in taxes. Though the surcharge is supposed to run to next June 30, nobody would be surprised if it were...
U.C.L.A.: Bruin with a Bite...