Word: coded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nothing is simple in Washington, least of all simplicity. Eleven years ago, the House and Senate replaced the intricate U.S. tax code with a less convoluted system that aimed, with some success, to tax equal incomes more or less equally. That turned out to be an imperfect victory. Subsequent Congresses put enough complexity back, through juggling of rates, deductions, credits and so forth, so that the tax code is again almost as baroque as it was before the 1986 reform. Today it fills some 7,000 pages. Just trying to comply with it costs Americans $75 billion a year--minimum...
...reform." Not only is the bill that's shaping up likely to make life more confusing for taxpayers, it's also unlikely to make good on promises to encourage investment and savings or to put more kids into college. When it comes to changing people's behavior, the tax code has never been an effective instrument...
...Madonna or Roseanne... Now Rick and the young woman are exchanging a few words... They both look very serious, almost grim, probably talking about the increasingly uneasy international situation... I can only make out a few words, something about 'a hill of beans.' That may be some kind of code...
...Harvard's newest tenants, Fastnet Foreign Motors, an Allston-based business, has filed suit against both the University and Beal Companies, alleging that they failed to address health, safety and building code violations at the 100 Windom St. property the company occupies...
...what sounds like a few feet from the recorder. Almost shamefully catchy simple chord progressions and reptition form the structure of the Mountain Goats' music as the textured vocals offer meat and body to the songs. Beneath their basic melodic appeal, songs carry meaning in their own wrenching emotional code, typically loaded with jarring imagery and obscure references to mythology and world travel. The intention of some songs could be construed to send the listener reaching for a dictionary, as Darnielle sounds somewhat like a bored college student...