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...young criminals filtered through prison, they were given application forms to fill out and, if their references proved solid, were indoctrinated into the gang. Everyone who joined had to memorize a 16-rule code dictated by Hoover. The flow of G.D.s back onto the streets enabled Hoover to set up two "boards of directors"--one inside and the other outside the prison--through which he controlled his network of "governors," "coordinators" and "regents." These men in turn managed the gang's day-to-day drug operation: teenage pushers, lookouts and "mules" who worked the inner-city schoolyards, housing projects...
...Legal Code...
Islamic finance follows Sharia, a legal code governing many aspects of life, including business dealings...
...shows up at industry functions in double-breasted suits, French cuffs and knuckle-size cuff links. He not only lives in a mansion designed like a traditional Japanese home, he's also spending $40 million to build a bigger one. While most Valley manses conform to California's earthquake code, Ellison's meets a more stringent requirement: it is being built, from the wood pegs up, in the manner of a 16th century imperial Japanese residence...
...charged with looking after the IRS. His plan requires Treasury and the IRS to 1) strengthen oversight; 2) improve flexibility, cutting away the bureaucracy and using outsourcing wherever appropriate; 3) improve budgeting, particularly for investments in information technology; 4) proceed with tax simplification to make the tax code easier to enforce and 5) put in place the leadership from the commissioner on down to carry the IRS into the 21st century. Your choice of these same five principles suggests that a consensus is beginning to evolve around the key elements for reinventing the IRS. HOWARD M. SCHLOSS Assistant Secretary (Public...