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George W. Bush built his budgets around tax cuts, not tax collection, and Republicans have never been overly fond of the IRS. So maybe it's not too surprising that the tax collection agency thinks it got quite a bit less of the budget pie than it needs - or that there has been much squawking from tax types...
...this year as the first woman chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, Furse, 43 and the mother of three, was named third on a Wall Street Journal list of Europe's most powerful women. She is a former top executive for Credit Lyonnais Rouse and speaks five languages. Fond of pastel suits and designer eyewear, Furse is described by colleagues as at once charming and ruthless. Both qualities will come in handy as she takes over an institution that is still very much an old-boys' club...
...revelers amused themselves with fond retellings of various pranks committed in their days at the Lampoon, looking at the various staff photos and past issues on the walls...
President-elect Lawrence H. Summers beams when asked what it feels like to have his signature at the bottom of every dollar bill minted during his tenure as Treasury Secretary. He's fond of noting that his mother insisted he sign his name Lawrence--instead of the usual Larry...
What makes this book different from some of the more sensational memoirs by less fond daughters is that it takes the ordinary, wrenching dilemma every child faces, peoples it with larger-than-life figures and sorts...