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Following the election, Botha's proposals won the unanimous approval of his party's Natal congress. At a rally for 1,200 supporters in Durban, the Prime Minister challenged Treurnicht to resign his seat so that a by-election could be held in his Waterberg constituency. "Then you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Ever Right | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

The Bow and Arrow, two doors down on Bow St. has the cheapest, thinnest beer around. The bikers and townies start brawling by 11 P.m Watch for broken glass Charlie's Kitchen, on Eliot St. offers a decent grill menu (the cheese burger platter is a great filler-upper) and...

Author: By Paul M. Barre, | Title: Off-Campus Fun | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

The new government will meet on its own, as well as sending representatives from its body to the three standing student-faculty committees: undergraduate education, housing, and undergraduate life. The provision should improve the accountability of the committees. The council will be financed by a $10 refundable surcharge added to...

Author: By Jacob M. Schesinger and Steven R. Swartz, S | Title: The Issues of 1982 | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

The predawn passage of the measure was an unexpected consequence of a proposal by the Senate Finance Committee, headed by Robert Dole of Kansas, to improve the reporting of tips at hotels and restaurants. The Treasury Department believes that perhaps $10 billion in tips is not reported as income every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tempest over a Martini Glass | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

Supporters of withholding won with the argument that tax cheating on interest and dividend income was depriving the Government of some $8 billion a year; the Senate bill would recapture $4.3 billion of that. Still, a drive to delete the withholding provision, led by Republican Robert Kasten of Wisconsin and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biting The Bullet On Deficits | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

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