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...larger revenue-swelling program involving a 10 percent marginal tax hike on the wealthy and some cost-cutting--all in the hopes of slicing the budget deficit in half during his first term. Much of the plan is exactly what America needs: to move away from the borrow-and-spend Reagan-Bush years; to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and other elements of the infrastructure; to provide tax credits for new investment, small businesses and research and development...
...borrow a term from Hollywood, Kathleen Battle's recent albums have been very high-concept. Their glossy appeal can be pitched in fewer than 10 words: Kathleen Battle and ((another famous musician)) perform ((mainstream repertory)). Thus last year Battle teamed up with soprano Jessye Norman in a program of spirituals on Deutsche Grammophon that is still going strong as a crossover best seller. In January Battle released an all-Bach album with + violinist Itzhak Perlman, also on DG; it remains near the top of the classical charts. Now, in the new pairing with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, she has another best...
More importantly, each medallion costs $100,000, making it impossible for the ordinary cab driver to own his own vehicle, Gellert discovered. The cab driver must pay a flat rate or percentage to the cab company just to "borrow" the car the day, according to Gellert...
Tyson earned $60 million in his six years as a professional boxer -- including $20 million in 1988 for his 91-sec. title fight against Michael Spinks -- but had only as little as $5 million by last year. Last week he was forced to borrow against his own $2 million retirement account to help pay off the $2 million in legal expenses incurred during his rape trial last February, including a six-figure sum for celebrity attorney Alan Dershowitz to conduct his appeal. Former Tyson accountant Mohammed Khan reportedly claims that the boxer has "no liquid assets," only real estate...
...Chinese and Scottish strains of descent; and the rock band Yothu Yindi. There may be a parallel between the Aboriginal Renaissance and a recent surge in white Australian self-discovery. For the first time, archives across the country are besieged by people looking for their family history -- seeking, to borrow from Morgan's title, their place...