Word: iras
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operation drew heavy fire from civic, business, religious and Hispanic groups. Charged Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, in a letter to President Reagan...
...Saturday, on a turbulent Seekonk River in Providence. Brown rowing enthusiasts thought for a while that the prize would finally be retaken. The Bruins' shell, stacked with five of last year's IRA freshmen sprint champions, jumped off the line to a half-length lead and seemed poised to pull away from the Crimson boat...
...Ira Levin's clever drama, things are seldom (if ever) what they seem, at least not for the first hour or so. It would be criminally unfair to those who haven't seen Deathtrap in either its play or movie form to reveal much more of the plot. Suffice it to say, reversal builds on reversal, a persistently wacky character arrives on the scene in the shape of, of all things, a Dutch psychic named Helga Tendorp, and things not only go bump in the night--they also scream and menace various characters with blunt objects...
Middle-aged and middle-income breadwinners are also being forced to postpone retirement saving. Barry Murphy, 49, is a Boston stockbroker who sells IRA plans, but he cannot afford to start one for himself because he has one child in college and three in private schools. Says he: "Annual jumps in tuition prevent anyone in my age bracket and socioeconomic group from saving. My friends are in the same financial bind." So far, such family budget considerations are proving to be more important in decisions on whether to save than all the tax breaks Congress dreamed...
...Caine) can still stage one. In his own living room. For real. With his wife's inheritance at stake. His plot has wit and intricacy going for it-so much so that it cannot be described, lest the fun be spoiled for those who have not yet seen Ira Levin's original Broadway hit. Director Sidney Lumet has, perhaps, permitted the volume to be turned up too high, with the result that Caine and the other principals, Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon, sometimes seem screechy when they reach for the high notes. But one can still appreciate...