Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...office leaves no doubt that Chung is a very successful man. And this might be an Horatio Alger story except Chung says it happened all by accident...
...have little sympathy for big shots who take advantage of fancy dodges. Tax reform, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is designed to eliminate many legitimate shelters and reduce the incentive for chiseling by cutting the maximum tax rate from 50% to an eventual 28%. But tax experts doubt that the shelter game is over. Says John McAtee, a securities lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell: "The Government will continue to create new loopholes to accomplish economic and social goals." Smooth-talking operators will continue to tempt wealthy investors with creative -- and not always legitimate -- ways to use those loopholes...
...black students has been dropping in many schools, that alone does not explain black frustration. Columbia, for example, claims an 11% enrollment of black undergraduates, a steady ten-year increase and among the highest of old-line private colleges. Said President Michael Sovern: "We thought we had left no doubt that racial harassment is never acceptable, least of all at Columbia...
...Reagan revolution is not, of course, just going to evaporate. In part, it arose out of inescapable forces: a sense that Government had bloated out of control, that it was time for a period of unabashed good spirits and confidence after an era of gloom and self-doubt. "Reagan has significantly changed our attitude toward Government, away from looking toward Washington to solve our problems," says Field. A new form of Reaganism, possibly even under Democratic auspices, will have to cope with that legacy after Reagan is gone. Few Americans want to return to the Great Society style of welfare...
Gormley does an adequate job with the recipe, following it slavishly without adding much new to it. His theme is the struggle between faith and doubt, but he is careful not to resolve it or even allow it to become too heavy and ponderous, since to do so would spoil the laughs...