Word: code
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took me by the arms and led me to a small van like a Black Maria. They drove me to an office where a man in civilian clothes introduced himself as a senior counselor of justice, Gennadi Kolesnikov. He charged me with violating Article 190-1 of the criminal code, which deals with "slander of the Soviet state or social system" and can lead to up to three years in a labor camp. In the next room, two women in Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) uniforms did a body search and looked through my bag. They took copies...
...clears, she takes the infant home to San Francisco, then spurns a marriage proposal from the only man she will ever truly love in order to nurse her feeble grandfather through his final days. A saint? No, only a Danielle Steel heroine, traveling through life with a stiff moral code and a wardrobe of backless satin dresses. Throughout her 20th book, the author honors the great Late Show tradition: in Dodsworth (1936) Walter Huston sighed to Ruth Chatterton, "Did I remember to tell you today that I adore you?" In Casablanca (1942), as the Nazis marched on Paris, Bergman asked...
...Things to hurry up and do before the new tax code goes into effect...
...month by the House (292 to 136) and the Senate (74 to 23), the bill is expected to be signed into law by President Reagan within the next week or so. Scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, the measure is designed to create a more equitable tax code by phasing out dozens of cherished breaks and shelters. Result: its passage has touched off a scramble by taxpayers to squeeze as many write-offs as possible through the loopholes that will expire or become less attractive after the 1986 tax year...
...large the new tax code will be kind to consumers. It will entirely remove approximately 6 million low-income earners from the tax rolls. The overhaul will reduce taxes for about 60% of taxpayers, largely by simplifying and lowering the rate structure. The highest effective rate will drop from 50% to 38.5% next year and 28% after that. To finance those reductions, many tax preferences will be eliminated...