Word: maxims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Following the maxim that when a guy is down you step on him. The New York Times immediately went to work on Biaggi. First they revealed that the Bronx District Attorney had uncovered some undisclosed "new evidence" in a shooting Biaggi committed 14 years ago when he was a policeman...
...should the present system be changed? Senators McGovern and Muskie have proposed workable plans which could save at least $20 billion in lost revenue. The various proposals call for (among other reforms) increases in the low taxes on capital gains, in line with McGovern's campaign maxim that money made by money should be taxed as much as money made by men; further reduction of the depletion allowance on oil, gas and mineral resources; repeal of the 1971 Investment Tax Credit for corporations; reform of estate and gift taxes; the establishment of a minimum tax on persons with high income...
Like their elders, whom they emulate with such verve, the CRNC chief and the soon-to-be fieldmen recognize the maxim of Watergate politics. Internal political operations are to be kept secret--unless you happen to believe in open government or there is a way to spy on the other guy's operations without anybody knowing what...
...same time. Doggedly carrying on what Washington pundits called "threeway negotiations -with Hanoi, Saigon and Nixon," Kissinger became a driven diplomat. Toward the end, his usual gentle, self-deprecating jokes took on wild flights of black humor. But he persevered, often making tactical compromises, always following his maxim that policy depends on calculation, not emotion...
...Satire," in the immortal phrase of George S. Kaufman, "is what closes on Saturday night." With only a change in Sabbath eve, that maxim about the low box-office appeal of satire applies as much in Israel as anywhere else. But the reason isn't always audience apathy. A satirical revue called Jesus, As Seen by His Friends-a fairly savage commentary on Israel's government establishment by Playwright Amos Kenan-lasted for only seven performances before it was closed down by Levi Guery, the official government censor. Guery explained that he found the revue "offensive to another...