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In a surprise move that clearly baffled and dismayed his Senate colleagues, retiring Senate majority leader George Mitchell turned down the President's offer to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed Justice Harry Blackmun. Mitchell said he wanted to devote his full efforts to passing the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week April 10-16 | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

The 1040, complex itself, is just one aspect of the multitude of different forms, rates, deductions, exemptions, credits and bureaucracies which make up the U.S. tax system. Our present system is excessively complicated and inefficient, as thousands of tax lawyers devote their lives to finding loopholes and other ways to...

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Ending April's Cruelest Day | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

One of those 2 million jobs created in the U.S. last year -- the ones President Clinton is so proud of -- was created by me. Around September, I decided to hire an assistant. I dreamed of mundane clerical and research tasks being lifted from my shoulders, so that I could devote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Failed Jobs Program | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

While the study of different cultures is undoubtedly worthwhile, the controversy arises when we begin to discuss how to incorporate these cultures into the basic, often mandatory, study of our own common society in the United States. How much time do we devote in our curriculum to each ethnic group...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Multiculturalism in the Academy | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

"What is there about the RUS function thatwould be done worse if men were there?" Yalen, theformer civil liberties union president, added."Not many men would devote one hour a week to comehere, and miss 'The Simpsons.' If they did it, itwould be because they really cared."

Author: By Jessica C. Schell, | Title: RUS Debates Male Suffrage | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

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