Word: exempted
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...needs to reduce its emissions," says Sunita Narain, director of the Center for Science and Environment in New Delhi. "It is unacceptable and immoral that the U.S. doesn't take the lead on climate change." The Bush Administration, in turn, has rejected Kyoto partly because developing countries were exempt from emissions cuts...
...government changed animation's status from a service industry to a manufacturing one. Indian studios specializing in outsourced digital content are treated to the same tax benefits as the IT industry: if a digital animation studio can prove its finished product has been sent out of India, it is exempt from income tax. Branson and his partners - who include including best-selling author Deepak Chopra and award-winning Indian director Shekhar Kapur - are betting that Indians will respond to homegrown animated tales. India's growing middle class is tempting the world. And while India hasn't shown much...
...editors: Your recent editorial (“Exempting the Church,” Mar. 14) made an excellent point: in the ongoing “clash of values” between Massachusetts and the Catholic Church over adoption by gays and lesbians: the interests of the State’s vulnerable children in need of adoption—the silent third party to this feud—should not be overlooked. Nevertheless, I write to point out a course of action the piece’s authors overlooked—one that would allow the state to avoid this dilemma...
Centuries ago, John Locke, a devout Christian and one of the most well-known advocates of religious toleration, wrote that, “No man in civil society can be exempted from the laws of it.” His vision of a civil society in which the state does not prioritize one set of beliefs over another proved to be quite appealing to the founding fathers of America, particularly those residing in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Last Saturday, none other than the Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney jeopardized Locke’s vision as he announced that he would...
...much more lucrative.) The backdating clause was in a larger bill introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who heads the Senate Finance Committee. It was inserted in the Tax Relief Act, which provides aid for Hurricane Katrina victims and sets new policies for tax-exempt groups. With so many higher profile issues at stake, the clause on synfuels sailed right through with no discussion. Many lawmakers, if not most, don't even know it's there...