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With powerful forces building behind it, Moynihan's latest payroll-tax- reduct ion proposal stands a good chance of surviving -- but only if it can get as far as a Senate-House conference, which could happen by June. President Bush would then face the difficult choice of signing a bill -- and handing the Democrats a political victory -- or enraging voters by vetoing a law that would cut taxes for some 132 million American workers and 6 million employers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Common Man's Tax Cut | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

Just as students simplify and reduct abstract concepts into clay, so does Scientology--according to the church's book What Is Scientology?-- determine accurately the invariable instrumental means." One of the instruments used to measure people's "honest and potential character" is an E-meter. The E-meter console sends 1.5 volts of electricity through two wires to two tin cans held in the hands of the student. The auditor sits facing the student and the dials of the console, and asks the student to consider certain questions. The student's reaction to these questions register on the dial...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Scientology's Way: Linking Soul and Science | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

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