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Americans paid $100 billion in personal federal income taxes for the past fiscal year, and most citizens probably feel that was more than enough. There are others, however, who wish to go beyond what they are legally bound to pay their Government, and they make outright gifts in the form of bequests, donations or nagging "conscience" money for an unforgotten bit of Government bilking...
Dour Oratory. In any case, the tenor of the regime's early statements made clear that its primary concern was in reinstating outright military rule. "The people were literally being dragged into an electoral adventure," the government announced in words that were reminiscent of the dour oratory of the 1967 coup. Instead of fulfilling the colonels' original goals and bringing about "the cleansing of public life," the official statement continued, Papadopoulos was allowing the country to be pushed "to the same habits against which the armed forces revolted in April...
...Harvard victory would ensure the Crimson of at least a tie for the conference championship, and they could win it outright if Dartmouth should lose to Princeton. Yale could tie for the title with Harvard and Dartmouth if the latter two should meet defeat in saturday's games. These added dimensions should make The Game all the more interesting to Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth fans...
...weary Department of Health Education and Welfare finally accepted Harvard's third affirmative action proposal last week on condition that 13 items be modified--a happier solution than outright rejection for both Harvard and the government...
Were the men outright liars? Or did they reorder the grisly events, as Arlen suggests, for the sake of their sanity? In foreign war, he observes, the pattern has repeated time after time: "And in each case, it seems, a young officer has said: 'Men! Hold your fire!' and an angry heathen has snapped: 'Shoot...