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Kaufman would do well to consider the plain fact that under Specter's tax, millionaires would save $100,000 a year in income tax, while comparable families with incomes of $60,000 would only save $600. Take that for simplicity. And if Mr. Kaufman could live with himself after voting for a president who would institute such a horrifyingly regressive system, then I question whether he has any concern what-soever for anyone less fortunate than himself. --Robin S. Goldstein...
...Court residents, although initially skeptical of the idea, now say they could not be happier with their decision to spend sophomore year in the plain but comparatively luxurious trailers...
Mary Anne Sharkey, an Institute fellow who is political editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, said the groups help students understand the "real world" in which she and the other group leaders work when they're not at Harvard...
...Beyond the Beltway: Flexing Media Muscle in a Presidential Campaign," led by Mary Anne Sharkey, political editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; "Economic, Social, and Political Forces Affecting Women's Lives. The Search for Solutions," led by Ellen Snee, who worked on the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development and now teaches at Boston University; "Can a Nation Govern itself When Its Citizens Don't Trust Their Government?" led by Jolene Unsoeld, former Democratic member of the House of Representatives...
Even in the diaries' early entries, the virtues and defects of this lifelong enterprise are apparent. Ellis has always been candid about his own weaknesses--among other things, he was a troubled binge drinker. His plain Joe prose is enlivened by boundless curiosity, a wry sense of humor and a falcon-sharp eye for detail. At a hearing conducted by red-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy, for example, Ellis observed: "McCarthy has the slim hips of an athlete, a thick trunk and shoulders like a buffalo. Almost lacking a neck, his huge head seems perched on his shoulders. His mouth...