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...essence become an IRS agent, whether he likes it or not. The fact is, we're the only ones being penalized. Cabbies and hairdressers who receive tips aren't being forced to report their incomes. And when they were originally going to do something about the three-martini lunches, the big guys raised such a fuss that nothing happened...
There are sound reasons for allowing deductions for business lunches. But Rachel's point is pertinent nonetheless: the "three-martini lunch," as President Jimmy Carter called it, adds to the impression that the tax code rewards the well-to-do and those in favored occupations. This perception contributes to the spread of tax evasion. In an interesting experiment at the University of Colorado, a group of students were asked to declare their incomes and pay taxes of about 40%. One-third were told that everyone in the group was supposed to pay 40%, another third were told that...
...4077th M*A*S*H we raise our martini glasses one last time (ingredients: plenty f gin and a toast to Lorenzo Schwartz, the inventor of vermouth...
...bishop but a Jesuit priest: Theologian Henri de Lubac, 86, who was suspended from teaching under Pope Pius XII because of his then radical views on such subjects as other religions and atheism but who emerged as an influential force at the Second Vatican Council. Italian Jesuit Carlo Maria Martini, a brilliant Bible scholar named Archbishop of Milan in 1980, is now, at age 55,papabile, considered to be a candidate for Pope some...
...Reiffel's abundant talent saves the day. His sense of musical style rivals his ear for dry martini English witticisms as he enlivens the Sullivan-style score with occasional jazzy solos and melodramatic Latin rhythms. One of the best songs. "The Buck Stops Here," plays off the kind of Honour, Valor, and Cheerful Alacrity of plucky young Englishmen that Chariots of Fire took so seriously. Best of all, the score leaves us with a catchy tune to hum as we leave the theater--"Say Goodbye...