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...should be tough on tax cheats, critics charge that the agency is often too quick to seize property, sometimes moves on the basis of flimsy evidence, and frequently does not give its target a chance to set things right. Says David Burton, a tax specialist with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "Situations between taxpayers and the IRS now get nasty very quickly, and they are hard to get straightened...
...interpretative range and insight who can light up the night with a blazing Tchaikovsky concerto, probe the intimate, sorrowing mysteries of Alban Berg's twelve-tone essay in the form, or tackle Sir Edward Elgar's king-and-country Violin Concerto with equal aplomb. She also plays in a chamber trio with her sister Myung-Wha, a cellist, and her brother Myung-Whun, a pianist now making a career as a conductor...
...eccentric collection of tics, twitches and transports that form her onstage persona. But there is no gainsaying her vivid stage presence, or the enthusiasm with which she imbues her performances. Other noteworthy women violinists include the Kavafian sisters, Ani, 39, and Ida, 35, both adept soloists as well as chamber musicians, and the graceful Rumania-born Miriam Fried...
...Tibet's patron god. Two years later, after passing an elaborate battery of tests, the little boy was taken amid a caravan of hundreds into the capital of Lhasa, "Home of the Gods." There he had to live alone with his immediate elder brother in the cavernous, 1,000-chamber Potala Palace and undertake an 18-year course in metaphysics. By the age of seven, he was receiving envoys from President Franklin Roosevelt and leading prayers before 20,000 watchful monks; yet he remained a thoroughly normal little boy who loved to whiz around the holy compound in a pedal...
...Well, they don't like my politics. So we've finished a political trial," said the 63-year-old Mecham, smiling as he left the Senate chamber. Aksed what he intended to do next, Mecham said, "We'll decide tomorrow...