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...developed by Japan's Sodensha Electronics Ltd. The control device can comprehend eleven verbal commands, from "Full ahead" to "Full astern," given by the captain or two of his officers. To show that an order has been received, the machine repeats it in a flat voice reminiscent of Hal, the talking computer in the movie...
Producers claim that audiences have changed too. "TV has spoiled a great number of us," says Producer Zev Bufman. "If we don't hear perfectly, we've just got to reach over and turn it up." Says Producer Hal Prince: "When I first came into the theater, I remember seeing the Lunts, who had wonderful projection and spoke with crystal clarity. But it still took about five minutes before you made the adjustment to hear them properly. Today the public won't do that. People walk around with those Walkman sets on their ears...
...excuses made by Hal, Dan, Judith and all other tax evaders are nonsense. These people ought to receive one more benefit from the Federal Government: a trip to a federal penitentiary. Only then will they pay their fair share instead of freeloading on the rest...
...Hal is one of a flourishing new breed of tax liars that Will Rogers never dreamed of, and his nose, like Pinocchio's when he lied, should be growing longer and longer. When he files his income tax return next week, Hal will report virtually none of the $25,000 he made last year as a self-employed carpenter in the Boston area. For the past three years, Hal and his wife have filed joint returns listing as income only her $12,000 salary as a social worker and the small amount he is paid by check rather than...
...Hal and millions of other Americans have made it a normal practice to bilk large sums of money out of Uncle Sam at tax time. Says William J. Anderson, the director of the General Accounting Office's general government division: "Extensive evidence shows that non-compliance among both corporate and individual taxpayers is a serious problem, and is getting worse." Adds Theodore Hanson, a partner in the accounting firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.: "Both tax avoidance and nonreporting are on the rise. With tax brackets rising so high, so fast, more people have the attitude of evade...