Word: jans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your article on the Crescent of Crisis [Jan. 15] you quote Zbigniew Brzezinski as saying, "I'd have to be blind or Pollyannish not to recognize that there are dark clouds on the horizon." On the horizon." It is clear that those clouds are already formed-right over our heads. To say otherwise is at best Pollyannish, and at worst irresponsibly myopic...
...quote Seymour Martin Lipset as saying, "Carter is in the same boat as Nixon, looking good abroad while facing a sea of domestic troubles" [Jan. 1]. Of course Carter faces a sea of domestic troubles, but he does not look good abroad, certainly not in Europe. Americans can play it down or explain it away, but they should not ignore...
Your article on foreigners buying land [Jan. 8] states that "the only U.S. tax that a nonresident alien owner escapes is on capital gains if he sells his land." This doesn't tell the whole story. Nonresident aliens also pay less estate tax to the U.S. For example, in 1979, on a taxable estate of $500,000, the U.S. citizen or resident pays estate tax of $117,800; the nonresident alien pays only $50,400. This is outrageous. U.S. tax law should not discriminate in favor of the foreign investor...
...most exciting moment of Harvard's encounter with Northeastern on Jan. 13 came when Husky Brian Bickford blazed a 4:03.89 mile to barely edge out Harvard's John Murphy, who surely is looking for a rematch this evening. Also look for Buddy Bostick to be a contender in this race...
UConn 74, Harvard 55 at Blodgett Pool, Jan...