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...chief tax collector in the impoverished Philippines, Guillermo Parayno does not receive a lot of positive feedback. For nearly two years, the 56-year-old commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has battled tax cheats and rampant corruption, trying to fix a dysfunctional tax system that is so full of holes the country's solvency is threatened. Tired of fighting a losing battle, Parayno finally gave up in late July: he called President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and resigned. "There are still many leakages that have to be plugged," he told Arroyo. "I worry that I won't be able...
...program can win a viewing audience composed mainly of housewives who?ve got the day?s cleaning and shopping worries ahead of them.? Yet Phyllis was clairvoyant about issue-oriented daytime TV. She told the Washington Post: ?Women want to hear about other problems besides how to fix flowers in a pot.? Jack Gould, the TV critic for the Times, agreed. In a 1952 roundup of the medium, he highlighted ?It?s My Problem? as a show that ?provides a thoroughly adult discussion of child psychology and family difficulties...
...teen did balk, though, when Bowman tried to fix his starts and turns, the one area in which Phelps falters. In a sport measured in hundredths of a second, getting a smooth start can mean a world record; not wasting time at the wall can separate medal winners from also-rans. Phelps hasn't perfected his turns, says Bowman, because he is simply too good a swimmer. "He'd think, I'll just swim a little harder, and then say, 'That was a best time. How can you complain about that...
...VERDICT ON 9/11 A stark report on what went wrong and how to fix it. But will the reforms be implemented...
...debating that question, thanks to a mistake they made last winter when they inadvertently revived a "day of rest" rule; hotels and hospitals and nuclear power plants would have had to give workers a weekend day off or be fined $500. After a special legislative session was convened to fix the error, Virginia's workers, like the rest of us, are once more potentially on call 24/7. Meanwhile, Rhode Island just became the 32nd state to let liquor stores open every Sunday; until this month, they could do so only in December, perhaps because even George Washington's eggnog recipe...