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Honesty, they say, is the best policy, but for 1970s tennis bad-boy ILIE NASTASE, in his campaign for mayor of Bucharest, it's the only policy. "Everybody's lying in this city," says Nastase, who clearly isn't going to flatter his way into the job. "I want to be the first Romanian who didn't lie." Nastase, a little chubbier and wrinklier than when he won every Grand Slam title except Wimbledon, but with the same swinging '70s hairstyle, got the notion to run after a friend persuaded him to join the ruling Social Democracy Party last September...
...These ads are aimed squarely at Carvey's "countercultural" audience, as he's called it--not coincidentally, Mountain Dew is his next title sponsor. Rather than spoof an advertising form that really doesn't exist anymore, Carvey might find more stinging satiric subject matter in ads that shamelessly flatter his audience, telling them they're too hip to be sold...
...Madam, you flatter me," David said in reply...
...current tax code a "7 million-word mess" and endorsed a flat tax, while leaving out specifics on what percentage should be taxed and what, if any, deductions should be preserved. Instead, the plan's centerpiece is "The Tax Test:" twelve principles to guide the creation of a fairer, flatter and simpler tax code. Gingrich told reporters the proposal constitutes the beginning of "a very, very bold and very different new debate." Kemp challenged Clinton to appoint a bipartisan, blue ribbon commission to draft the sepcifics. But while well-intentioned, Kemp's commission is rooted in politics, notes TIME...
...came out on fire against Providence," co-captain Winkie Mleczko said. "But we were a lot flatter and tired [Sunday...