Word: cheating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wholesome fun continues after dinner. Most people go to sleep, some smoke contentiously, and a small band of merrymakers try bingo. The game is disturbed by a trio of bicoastal Type A males who cry, "Cheat! Cheat!" and refuse to play unless they can win the Canyon Ranch tractor hat. Earlier, they were seen calling their offices for an adrenaline fix before they had even checked in. One of them is already in the lobby inquiring about the last plane to Burbank...
Government officials and academic experts are perhaps most disturbed by the growing conviction of people like these that they have a right to cheat on their taxes. Many people insist that it is all right to cut corners because the tax code favors big corporations and wealthy individuals by granting them lucrative tax shelters and other loopholes. Reports that a giant corporation like General Electric Co. (1981 profits: $1.7 billion) is actually getting a Government refund on past returns add powerful fuel to this resentment. Says Thomas Field, executive director of Tax Analysts and Advocates of Arlington, Va.: "Millions...
...late 30s with an income ranging from $ 12,000 to $35,000. He may have prepared his forms in the past, but he has gone through a divorce, got a new job or had some other experience that altered his tax status. Though not out to cheat the IRS, he wants to know all the legal loopholes. Says Henry Bloch, the company's president: "Our customers believe in paying their fair tax, but they don't want to overpay...
...Saudis, though, seem determined to make the production cut work. Petroleum Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani threatened that the desert kingdom would further reduce output in the months ahead if necessary to keep the market tight. He also issued thinly veiled warnings to other OPEC producers not to cheat on the Vienna agreement because doing so would avail them nothing...
...Upon contended that entire outlines may be recalled from memory cells at the touch of a button, helping students cheat on closed-book exams...