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...standardized deductions. Kirchhof believes it could bring about a cultural shift as people are rewarded rather than penalized for success. "We have a system that is riddled with privileges. One benefits at the expense of another," he says. "It's completely unequal." Kirchhof reckons his proposals are tax neutral - meaning that they won't cost the government anything. Not everyone agrees with the calculations, but his paper nonetheless stirred up a flurry of imitators. The opposition Christian Democrats as well as the Free Democrats have both since published their own tax-simplification plans. And most significantly, the German government...
...Adnan Pachachi, then a Governing Council member, says that no one was consulted when Bremer decided to shut the paper down. In response, al-Sadr's loyalists staged a rolling revolt in Baghdad and across much of southern Iraq, locking down cities and in the process turning many previously neutral Iraqi Shi'ites firmly against the U.S. occupation. Governing Council members believe the decision was a huge mistake. Says Ibrahim Jaafari, one of the two Vice Presidents in the new Iraqi government: "We couldn't contain the Sadr movement." U.S. troops were forced to fight troops loyal to al-Sadr...
...Johnston left Brown astonished and distraught during the regular season as well. On Feb. 14, the Crimson went into overtime against Brown. Sophomore forward Julie Chu—trying to avoid a turnover in the neutral zone—dumped the puck in front of the net to Johnston, who lifted it up and over the Bears’ Katie Germain’s left shoulder to end the game...
Hunter A. Maats ’04 was a neutral first-year when war last broke out among the Houses at Harvard...
Vocal dissent under the Mahan administration has hardly been limited to major council reforms. Issues ranging from awarding student groups money for “recycling and minimizing waste” to council support for gender-neutral bathrooms have generated heated opposition at council meetings this semester...