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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sounds because taxpayers have to account for deductions, inflation and depreciation, just to name a few such complications. In fact the problems which arise from income and payroll taxes are inherent in the tax base. These inefficiencies can be reduce but not eliminated so long as the government retain income as the tax base...

Author: By Evan P. Cucci, | Title: Ending April's Cruelest Day | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

...brow. The brain was no bigger than a chimp's, but it is now clear that Lucy and her kin were hardy enough to adapt to changing environments and thus to survive for some 9,000 centuries. And unless older hominid fossils are found -- always a possibility -- they will retain their distinction as the first evolutionary step that began to distinguish humans from other animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lucy's Grandson | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

Hmmm. Let's see. Does that not suggest that the U.S. is prepared to allow North Korea to retain an "insignificant" nuclear capability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Well, Maybe a Nuke or Two | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

Attempts to retain a certain pitch of wittiness and verve and flair inevitably result in making the victim--in this case, George Bernard Shaw--come across as a two-dimensional caricature of himself...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, | Title: My Astonishing Self Tries Too Hard to Portray Essential Shaw | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

While Rice' mind-blowingly fast and perfectlyclear finger-picking style pervade every song,some of the tracks stand out. Rice's solo on"Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" amazesthe listener with its speed; at the same time itsounds as if it would retain all of its sparklingbrilliance and originality even if slowed down tohalf the speed. The album's opener, "I've WaitedAs Long As I can" highlights both Rice's lead andrhythm playing and his band's rich harmony vocaltechniques...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Of Tango, Bluegrass, and surf Music... | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

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