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...threat of a rebellion by organized labor. Union leaders have been invited to help draw up rules for wage increases, but they simply do not trust a Republican Administration to give them sufficient increases and are balking. If they pull out of the program, forcing the Government eventually to proclaim wage standards by fiat?and still more if they authorize strikes or work slowdowns to win fatter pay increases than the Government proposes to allow?the nation will not get social compact but social conflict...
...Luxembourg been able to win while appearing to lose? By be- coming, as a U.S. Department of Commerce report has said, what "may be the fastest-growing financial center of the world." While Bermuda, the Bahamas and The Netherlands Antilles loudly proclaim themselves tax havens, Luxembourg has quietly become a veritable tax heaven. Unlike any other Common Market country, it imposes practically no taxes on holding companies. Luxembourg now has more such enterprises (2,300) than it has soldiers (550). Du Pont, Uniroyal, Olivetti, Amo- co and other multinational giants have set up holding companies there and pay dividends...
...real estate broker's license, he was indiscreet enough to try to disguise his criminal record. In addition he is under indictment for larceny and conspiracy in a $750,000 diamond robbery on Long Island, and he will soon go on trial for tax evasion. Lawmen may no longer proclaim that they are going after the "Mafia" thanks to Colombo's efforts, but they are intent on pursuing at least one Mafioso more zealously than ever...
...most states, gasoline taxes build roads-inviting more cars, more taxes, more roads and so on. Oregon has a different idea. In the nation's most anti-"growth" state, where bumper stickers proclaim SAVE OREGON FOR OREGONIANS, the legislature has just passed a bill that would channel 1% of all state gas-tax revenues into building bicycle lanes and footpaths. These paths would be built along highways, streets and in parks. The bill also says that the state may restrict paths to nonmotorized vehicles. If Governor Tom McCall signs the bill into law, Oregon's biennial budget will...
...What was really painful," Sadat continued, "was the discovery that my own house had been bugged." The President was sufficiently appalled to proclaim "an immediate end to police restrictions on the freedom of citizens," including wiretapping, "except where the security of the state is concerned"-a wide loophole. He also appointed a committee to investigate the activities of the secret police. Crowds of delighted Egyptians turned out in the streets shouting "Sadat, Sadat" and waving his picture...