Word: reform
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Thanks to the U.S. Government, some children may soon be finding out what the letters IRS mean even before they learn their ABCs. Having processed most of the 1987 returns, the Internal Revenue Service says the 1986 tax-reform bill should have added many tots to the tax rolls and increased the amount that others have to pay. Under the new rules, a child cannot claim a personal exemption on his return if his parents list him as a dependent on their form. In addition, children under 14 who have unearned income greater than $500 must now pay at least...
...strengthened Interior Department, and a secretary with wide administrative responsibilities, would be a first step towards a revamped federal water policy. The ideal person to lead the reform is former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, who is an expert in water resource issues, and designed a model program for his home state. This would, naturally, require a Dukakis victory and sufficient interest on the part of Mr. Babbitt. Certainly we need someone of his caliber to invigorate and take charge of the administration of America's water resources...
Dukakis listed the five assignments asresolving trade problems with Japan, heading ananti-terrorism panel, leading the war on drugs,investigating problems in the banking industry andheading a task force on regulatory reform...
Last week Kitty Dukakis interrupted her hectic campaign schedule to travel back to Boston for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism's yearly calendar. There she joined 1,000 worshipers to participate in the age-old evening prayers of repentance in the modern sanctuary at Temple Israel, her Reform synagogue. Then, without making any public comment, she went home to quietly observe the traditional sundown-to-sundown fast...
...marriage is one issue on which all wings of U.S. Judaism agree. But in practice there are distinctions. If the Gentile spouse converts to Judaism, as happens 30% of the time, the union is treated as one between Jews; requirements for conversion are toughest among the Orthodox. In addition, Reform and Conservative congregations welcome unconverted Gentile spouses into temple life; Orthodox synagogues are less accommodating. And while the Reform rabbinical conference in 1973 formally denounced the participation of rabbis in mixed-marriage ceremonies, rabbis in the most liberal of Judaism's major branches generally do as they please. Reform Rabbi...