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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Producer-Director Moustapha Akkad was confronted by a unique problem: the strict Muslim prohibition against representing the Prophet's face or form, or even his voice-in any medium. A wiser or less determined man might have bailed out right there, but Akkad, 43, a Syrian-born American who studied film making at U.C.L.A., pressed on, raising $17 million from Arab sources to make two versions of the story, one in English, the other in Arabic. His actors constantly address an empty space where the audience must imagine a silent Prophet to be standing...
...them more closely she saw that they too were dressed in the civilian style of secret agents. As they proceeded along the dark road, she tumbled off the roadway, intentionally leaping into a paddy field. Before the men regained control of her she slipped her secret document, the application form from the Shanghai Party organization, out of the corner of her waistcoat. As fast as possible, she stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it vigorously, and swallowed. The sensation of paper passing into her system was peculiar to say the least. Yet she knew that she had destroyed all visible...
...major problem is that the Internal Revenue Service no longer provides people using the short form with handy tables telling them exactly how much tax is due on a given gross income. All filers this year must calculate their own net taxable incomes...
Income tax time is not merely rolling around again this year. It is crashing into the consciousness of roughly 85 million U.S. taxpayers, who have four weeks to meet the April 15 filing deadline. Form 1040 is more complicated than ever, asks more seemingly unanswerable questions, and requires more aspirin and mental ability to complete. Even Form 1040A, the short version for taxpayers who do not itemize deductions, is trickier than before. Beams Harry Friedenberg, owner of H & R Tax Service in Los Angeles: "Congress in its infinite wisdom simplified the tax form so much that people are calling...
Meanwhile, any taxpayer who is befuddled by this year's forms has an out. If all the do-it-yourselfing with a calculator fails, or if an appointment cannot be made in time with an accountant, the taxpayer can apply to the IRS for a two-month extension of the April 15 deadline. It will be granted without question, allowing 60 more days of fun with Form 1040, its shorter brother and all its related schedules. One catch: a check for the approximate amount of tax due must accompany the extension request. Better advice: get cracking...