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...Swiss bank and winds up with no record of the real buyer's identity. Since foreign banks are not taxed at all on trading profits-and at a maximum rate of only 30% on stock dividends-U.S. citizens, especially those in higher tax brackets, can often lighten their tax bills by channeling their stock deals through the banks...
Kings once resorted to the uncomplicated companionship of their court jesters to lighten the burden of loneliness that often accompanies power. U.S. Presidents have generally managed less condescending personal friendships while in office. Both Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower had the easy company of George Allen, an adept poker player and raconteur. Dave Powers served as a sort of White House entertainer under John Kennedy, accompanying the President to ball games and cracking Boston Irish gags to relax...
...higher legal authority at Fort Devens, the head of the judge advocate court, will automatically review the case, according to Kroll's lawyer, Norman S. Zalkind. "Considering precedents, there is a good possibility this review might lighten the sentence," Zalkind said...
...westerns go, this one doesn't. It saddles up a big-name cast, but the giddyap! gets mired in a lot of giddy yapping. The intent was to lighten carnage with comedy; the result is heavy-handed Grand Old Horse Opry...
...provide insurance for ghetto businessmen and residents was signed into law by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Starting Sept. 1, insurance companies in the state will contribute to a joint underwriting fund to share losses. A bill to establish federal riot reinsurance for slum areas, still pending in Congress, may lighten the insurance companies' burden even more...