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Mansfield argues that the two genders have distinct roles in society...
...recalling the 1945 cover of Hitler with an X across his face, you said, "But like Hitler, Saddam became the target of a U.S.-led war" [TO OUR READERS, April 21]. I have the distinct memory that Britain was in the vanguard of the Second World War for several years before the U.S. entered the struggle. Perhaps this was a classic example of leading from behind? JOHN CARR Swansea, Wales...
Difficulty arises in establishing universal standards for research practices that are able to effectively govern all of the diverse work that goes on at each of the University’s distinct schools, says Kathleen M. Buckley, the University’s assistant provost for science policy. She describes “a very big cultural difference” between HMS and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, because of the large number of undergraduates that it includes...
While this proposal is laudable, Bush’s dividend tax plan opens the door to a more fundamental reconsideration of corporate reporting: Should corporations be allowed to report their income in two distinct ways to investors and to tax authorities? Several countries other than the U.S. enforce so-called “book-tax conformity” to varying degrees so that results are reported uniformly to these two audiences. Recent trends suggest that now is an opportune time for the U.S. to revisit the rules that allow firms to describe their economic activity in different ways to these...
While this proposal is laudable, Bush’s dividend tax plan opens the door to a more fundamental reconsideration of corporate reporting: Should corporations be allowed to report their income in two distinct ways to investors and to tax authorities? Several countries other than the U.S. enforce so-called “book-tax conformity” to varying degrees so that results are reported uniformly to these two audiences. Recent trends suggest that now is an opportune time for the U.S. to revisit the rules that allow firms to describe their economic activity in different ways to these...