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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Detlef Hohl of West Germany, who in a letter to TIME [May 28] decried U.S. oil consumption, must not be among those Germans who zip along the speed-unlimited autobahns at 180 km an hour, or among those who are purchasing full-size American cars at an unprecedented rate...
Former "prostitutes, runaways and dopers," as Roloff describes them, the girls seem to be models of reform. He claims a success rate of 90%, "better than anything else in the country." Many, after the normal stay of one year, become born-again Christians. They talk of being "witnesses for the Lord" and punctuate conversations with "Amens." Says Judy Burnett, 16, who came to the home from Dallas: "I didn't like it here at first because I still had sin in my heart. Now I love...
...budget reduces the highest income tax rates (for those earning a net income of more than $50,000) from 83% to 60%; the standard rate will drop from 33% to 30%. Personal exemptions will be raised, effectively severing 1.3 million more Britons from the tax rolls. To replace the estimated $9.5 billion in lost revenues from the reduced income tax, the budget calls for an increase in the value-added tax (VAT), a national sales levy that is applied to all but essential goods and services. VAT rates, which vary from 8% to 12.5%, will move up to 15%. That...
Jenkin candidly admitted that the new budget will result in an increase of the annual rate from 10.3% to 17.5% by next November. Thus many who will benefit from the changed tax structure may find their gains eroded by higher inflation...
...pumps tap a 24-hr, insulin supply, feeding it at a slow, steady rate via a thin tube that ends in a needle inserted under the skin of the abdomen or thigh. Before meals, patients can override the pre-set instructions and briefly step up the dosage by pressing a button. One incidental benefit, reports Felig: blood fats, including cholesterol, seem to return to normal during treatment...