Word: disobeying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opponents of Question 9 say Petrillo is misleading the public. A fax released by the Save Our Communities Coalition (SOCC) says the retired couple chose "systematically to violate and flagrantly disobey rent and housing control laws...
...rather farfetched plan he called "Operation Mosquito" to undermine Soviet morale in Afghanistan -- "so named because one tiny mosquito can drive a bear crazy." The plan consisted of smuggling into Afghanistan hard drugs, Russian- language Bibles and forged copies of the Soviet army newspaper full of subversive articles -- "Disobey orders, shoot your officers in the back, that sort of thing." By Marenches's account, Reagan and CIA director William Casey approved the project, and Marenches agreed to carry it out. "When I had everything set up, I went back to Casey and said, 'Bill, can you assure me that there...
...occurred to the White House that any law that, according to the IRS, 3 * out of 4 people disobey needs some reviewing. Out of the estimated 2 million families that employ some kind of domestic help, roughly one-quarter ever files the necessary taxes. The Administration will be "looking at everything" in connection with the rules, says Clinton spokesman George Stephanopoulos. At the same time, Dan Rostenkowski, who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would simplify filings and permit people to pay the required taxes through their own 1040 form. He also wants...
...piloting a commercial jet while intoxicated, for example. Cheating on your taxes. Dealing drugs. Cooking the company books and committing other types of business fraud. Bill Clinton, take note: in Rome's view, it is still O.K. to make war, if it is a good war, but also to disobey the government when...