Word: relief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Howard will trade fiscal quips with Robert Reed, a leading actor in Roots and The Brady Bunch. Jarvis will also respond to questions from a live audience. Other members of the tax-cutting cast include former Secretary of the Treasury William Simon and U.C.L.A. Economist Neil Jacoby. As relief from all the rhetoric, an animated cartoon will trace the history of the oppressed taxpayer from caveman times to the present. "Most people are not tuned in to political broadcasts," admits Stewart Mollrich, the show's writer. "The idea is to keep it lively...
...what little remains of President Carter's tax reform proposals. Long not only urged a large capital gains reduction, but also sounded an imperative to "try to make this [tax] system less counterproductive" for business. Even Teddy Kennedy, the leader of the Senate's liberals, backed tax relief for companies. While he opposed any easing in the capital gains, he proposed an even deeper cut in the 48% tax on corporate profits than the House passed last month. The House voted for a 46% maximum, but Kennedy wants it pulled down...
...Koch's commandos and the CDC detectives agreed that the outbreak had apparently passed its peak. The workers, glad to have the area scrubbed down and cleansed as never before, were jubilant as air conditioning was turned on again-an event that generated a block-long sigh of relief in Macy's huge department store, which borders the district. At week's end rack carts carrying fall fashions jockeyed through traffic and pedestrians as usual. As mid-September buyers swarmed in, the garment district's business was back to normal...
...Lake, possesses a grandeur undiminished by familiarity. Aware of the story's inherent drama, Berger eventually abandons farce in favor of a simple, unadorned narrative. "All men of that time lived and died by legend," he notes with uncharacteristic fervor, and his homage to those legends is a relief after the showy wit that dominates so many chapters. - James Atlas
...think he'll run, he's made that clear... but that's one bridge we'll have to look at... later." Oooooooooh. This was, perhaps, the first time Dukakis had ever blushed in public, as he realized the implications of his statement. It was a spark of comic relief in a media show full of nebulous ideas and statements...