Word: iras
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wage earner to go on paying and paying for Social Security benefits that he may never see, for an astronomical defense budget, for aid to the contras and for yet another NASA shuttle? It is incredible that any tax reform would delete child-care credits, double-earner exemptions and IRA write-offs. What is miraculous is that after using half of my take-home pay for child care, my husband and I have enough to make payments on our home...
...persistent question plaguing many minds on the eve of celebration is whether Harvard may be flaunting yesterday's gardenias and still merits the rank of premier U.S. university. The question arises in part because of Harvard's eminence. "Harvard does tend to live in the spotlight," observes Berkeley Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman. By the same token, Harvard may be more closely scrutinized because the challenges confronting it are those confronting most major universities; how Harvard copes may point to the future direction of much of higher education. Says Christopher Fordham, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
...attack by supporters of the lrish Republican Army, no arrests or security problems were reported. "It's nice when it's like this," said a Boston Police officer. "I've been with [Prince Charles] since he came in at Logan, and there hasn't been any sign of [the IRA...
Some business economists are concerned that the bill could lower overall growth by crimping business investment. But the impact will depend largely on factors that are difficult to crank into a computer. Says Ira Shapiro, director of tax policy for the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand: "The changes are so dramatic that they will alter the way people invest and consume as well as business strategies across the board...
...loans, some of them interest free. Today, polls show that he is the only Reagan aide whose negative ratings exceed his positive marks. Liberal fund raisers, who find it difficult to run campaigns criticizing the popular President, have discovered that political literature condemning Meese can inspire generous donations. Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, dubs the Attorney General the "James Watt of the Constitution...