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...appeal went unheeded. Two days after the Milltown attack, a 21-year-old Protestant woman, with no known connections to the security forces, was shot dead near the Irish border on Friday. Her 24-year-old boyfriend was wounded in the same attack. The IRA has claimed responsibility for the shootings. An even uglier incident soon followed. On Saturday, during the funeral procession for one of the Milltown cemetery victims, an angry crowd of mourners spotted two British undercover agents desperately trying to maneuver their car out of trouble. They were pulled from their vehicle, disarmed, stripped, beaten savagely, dragged...
...heavies open in Providence against Brown on April 10. The Bruins won the Eastern Sprints and the IRA championships last season, and should be among the Crimson's primary challengers again this spring...
When Dukakis left the Kennedy School in 1982 to return to the State House he took with him eight staff and faculty members, including Associate Dean Ira Jackson, who became his Comissioner of Revenue and Nicholas Mitropoulos, who works on the governor's presidential campaign as a special assistant...
...five sweet years the individual retirement account was Everyman's tax shelter, providing a tax-deductible savings plan enjoyed by millions of Americans. But as the April 15 income-tax deadline approaches, that once sturdy shelter is leaking badly. Because of tax reform, high-income IRA holders can no longer claim deductions on contributions to their accounts. Many taxpayers, though, are not despairing; they are switching to another tax- deferred investment vehicle that has become an attractive alternative to the IRA. Its cryptic name: the 401(k). Says Christine Okenica, benefits coordinator at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae...
...Unlike IRA accounts, 401(k) shelters -- named for the section in the Internal Revenue code that defines them -- are set up by companies for their workers. An employee may contribute as much as 20% of his salary to the plan, up to a maximum of $7,313 a year. IRA contributions are limited to $2,000 a year. The 401(k)'s biggest break: contributions are taken from pretax income, with taxes deferred until the money is withdrawn. For most single taxpayers earning more than $25,000 and married couples with incomes in excess of $40,000, IRA contributions...