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Those are among the most attractive financial Easter eggs that were packed into a bulging basket of tax goodies last week and delivered to the White House by members of Congress just before they left on a holiday recess. The most sweeping tax cut in U.S. history was worked out during 2% days of arduous argument by a conference committee, which struck an equitable compromise between House and Senate versions of the bill. The conferees settled on a gross tax reduction of $24.8 billion - about $8.8 billion more than President Ford had sought but $8.3 billion less than the Senate...
Teddy Kennedy took advantage of the congressional Easter recess to go back to Massachusetts and keep his fences well mended with the adoring home folks last week. His suits were uncharacteristically rumpled, his shoes unshined, his waistline bulging more than it did a few months ago. But he was tan, handsomely graying and in top political form. Meeting high school students, he did not lecture them but sounded out their opinions on national policy. At Grafton, a local policeman mumbled about Chappaquiddick and complained that Kennedy had swiped his Bic pen to sign autographs. But when he caught sight...
...Ironically, I never use a baton," mused Maestro Jose Serebrier, who had gone to Mexico City as guest conductor for an Easter music festival. "I decided to use one for this performance because I thought it would help achieve greater musical control." Alas, it was manual control that was lacking when Serebrier stabbed himself through the hand in the midst of his appassionato performance. While blood splattered his white shirt, the wounded conductor went right on directing the 150-member chorus and brass-percussion ensemble in Mexican Composer Rodolfo Halffter's Proclamation for a Poor Easter. "I managed...
...roads and coastal highways were choked with countless thousands of frightened civilians clutching their possessions and fleeing their homes in the largest exodus since Viet Nam was divided in 1954. Meanwhile, reinforced North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces mobilized what appeared to be their most devastating offensive since the Easter attacks...
...translated into English, The Common Catechism (The Seabury Press; $10.95) is timed for Easter release in the U.S. Unlike traditional catechisms, the new book has a meek tone. For example, it notes that Christ's Resurrection has been a "permanent problem" for modern man. At one point it defends belief in the Trinity by remarking diffidently that it "may not have been such a bad idea after...