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...promise as America's answer to the import invasion. It is the third embarrassing time within three months that Chevy has had to issue Vega recall notices. First, drivers discovered a faulty fuel and exhaust system that could start a fire in the carburetor. Then a poorly designed bracket for holding an antipollution device caused some throttles to stick in an open position. Now some 500,000 Vegas, nearly all the models that Chevy has produced, are being recalled...
...designed buildings harm more than their immediate surroundings. The city's great visual axis, from the Place de la Concorde through the Arc de Triomphe, will be vandalized by the satellite city of La Défense. Not only will Défense's tall towers clumsily bracket the magnificent arch, but the development authority last week announced a new office complex that will actually block the view through the arch. It is like drawing a curtain across one of Paris' most famous vistas. Because the project is official, it apparently will not be stopped...
...calculations would oblige McGovern to raise $27 billion in new tax revenue. He says that most of this would come from steeper taxes on U.S. families that earn more than $20,000 a year. He once estimated the average net tax increase in the $12,000-to-$20,000 bracket at a mere $21-whether per person or per family was not clear. Later he revised the calculation to $50 per person-or $200 for a family of four. In fact, one computer run showed that the tax increase on families in the $10,000 to $15,000 income group...
...preferences for the rich are an unmitigated outrage. But the payoff for eliminating them is more virtue than revenue. Of course, virtue is important. The real reason for wanting to get rid of these horrendous outrages is not to save money for the guy in the $15,000 income bracket, but rather to come to him and say, "You ought to pay your share. Everybody else is paying his share." It is really justification for getting him to pay more...
...year-old daughter. Aware that the state-supported center gave priority to children of single, low-income mothers, she was confident that her daughter would be accepted. What she did not know, however, was that her salary ($600 a month) put her in a top-fee bracket: placing her youngster in the center would cost her $200 a month, far more than she could afford. "She came in here so strong," the center's director recalled. "Then, as we talked about her situation, she began to crumble. She didn't stand a chance." Now the mother has gone...