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...National Endowment for the Arts commands such a small share of total ) government spending that it does not even appear as a separate item on the short form of the federal budget. But relative to its size, the agency has over the past few years probably consumed more debate time than any other function of government. Ronald Reagan entered office suggesting that government had no business financing or endorsing cultural activity. A dozen years later, the Republicans left the White House having turned the NEA from a sacred cow into a matador's bull -- and having diverted a third...
...smiling employees were evoking a bygone era, the company's executives were busy pulling off "a crime of the 21st century," says Michael Dreiblatt, a top IRS official in Hartford. In short, a computer-software program was devised that enabled Leonard to reduce sales data on an item-by-item basis and skim $17 million in cash, mostly during the 1980s. Computer tapes that contained the real financial figures were destroyed, while the company's auditors were given the understated books. In order to divert even more money, Leonard began to require customers buying gift certificates to pay cash...
...Foundation, created in 1981, has come under fire recently for inactivity. More than half of the Foundation's Student Advisory Committee complained in The Crimson in January that the organization was not performing any function. Amid recent disagreements between Epps and Counter, it may be the first item on Epps' chopping block...
Wilson says the difference between him and the "extremists" is that he wants people to question him and challenge him. Every question, theory and policy item is open to debate...
Harvard insignia sweatshirts have been the store's most popular item, as they are at the Coop, along with shirts and hats...