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...returns it audits, to 2%. Most audits focus on one or two items, and many are conducted by mail. But a record 153,000 will be chosen at random to face the bureaucratic equivalent of a rubber-hose interrogation: a line-by-line, show-us-your-bank-statements gauntlet known as the Taxpayer Compliance Measurement Program, which triples in size this year. Even scarier for cheaters -- and more annoying for honest taxpayers-4,500 IRS auditors have undergone 32 hours of training in new "economic reality" techniques for intruding deeply into the life-styles of those audited to find evidence...
Leyner's satire extends to modern life and stereotypical Jewish angst. "Young Bergdorf Goodman Browr, " his adaption of Nathanial Hawthorne's dark masterpiece, satirizes paranoia apropos to Jewish-extraterrestrial conspiracies, Six Degrees of Separation, and the gauntlet to be run when trying to escape those downright annoying perfume sales-woman at the department store who insist that you sample their scents: "We've daubed your wrists, your lower arms, your chest, your stomach, your ankles, calves, knees...Let's see...Hey, if you don't mind, how about the upper portion of your buttocks...
...leaving Hilles to venture down to the Square and write up my results, I felt that I had captured the essence of Valentine's Day. As I ran the gauntlet of Cupid-bedecked storefronts and dodged the simpering couples on Mass. Ave., I realized with pride that I had transcended the boundaries of religion and relationship to gain a deeper understanding of the day, the celebration, and the unfortunate martyr himself. I knew just how the poor guy felt...
Good to hear, since Vermont will certainly not be the last harsh crowd Tracy will face this year. But face it, Crimson fans: the gauntlet has been thrown down...
...mowing with abandon lately. A thesis about why so many have gained so much weight puts the blame squarely on America's huge, well-oiled, heavily advertised food industry. There may be salad bars at the local fast-food joints, but to find them customers have to run a gauntlet of starchy, beefy delights and breathe air perfumed with the scent of rendered lard. According to the Agriculture Department, the food and restaurant industries spend $36 billion a year on advertisements designed to entice hungry people to forgo fresh fruit and sliced vegetables for Ring Dings and Happy Meals...