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Clinton focused his agenda as he has not often done at home. Agreements to expand trade and to extend more generous aid to Russia, he told his subordinates, took precedence over everything else. He harped on the subject of employment, going so far as to call for a "jobs summit" at the meeting. Expanding trade, he insisted, was one way out of the stagnant employment that bedevils all members of the G-7 (for Group of Seven nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan...
...other ways, the plans diverge. Both versions increase the earned-income credit for the poor, but the House plan is more generous. The Senate plan is more congenial to the rich, phasing in its tax increases (from 31% to 39.6% for the top rate) over two years rather than hitting the wealthy with the full amount this year, as the House plan does. The most dramatic difference involves energy. The House plan's BTU tax would cost most families more than the Senate version's 4.3 cents increase in the gasoline tax. To see the impact each bill would have...
...current proposal for taxing donations of art or other goods that have appreciated in value since they were acquired, she said, acts as "a disincentive for our most generous donors...
...Harvard administrators continued to earn salaries in the $200,000 range last year, as they wooed star professors to the University by offering them six-figure salaries and generous signing bonuses...
...health conscious, the industry is focused again on its original mission of delivering loads of yummy, juicy calories as quickly and cheaply as possible. Challenged by competition from new steakhouses, ethnic eateries and drive-through restaurants, the fast-food chains are offering -- and customers are buying -- more generous portions of traditional favorites: bigger burgers, heftier pizzas, and fries piled higher than ever. Says Lisa Bertagnoli, managing editor of Restaurants & Institutions magazine: "People are seeing fast food again for what it always was -- something that fills you up and tastes good when you don't have a lot of time...