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...Anyone Can Stop Paying Income Taxes, Schiff...
...novel Albuquerque pilot program is the doing of a local judge. Says District Attorney Steven Schiff: "It ought to make everybody happy. Like a jail term, it keeps these people inside so they don't drive drunk." The operating cost of the contraption, $70 a month, will be paid by each plugged-in prisoner. Says Goss: "I think most people would pay to stay out of jail...
...Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, for example, says nothing about world peace in its catalogue. It is difficult to take such an ambition seriously: we have already seen the dreams of too many well-intentioned men end in frustration and bitterness--men like Jacob Schiff...
...exhibit deserved a visit to Boston because there are people here who want to see it: it deserved to re-open the Harvard Semitic Museum cause it seemed so consistent with Schiff's original dream of "promoting sound knowledge of Semitic languages and history...
...Jacob Schiff invested his money in a public education campaign: He believed in his heart that knowledge was the best weapon against prejudice. Carney Gavin has been scrapping for the last 10 years with the same ideal in mind. His legion of volunteers take the idea of public education very seriously; they want to tell everyone about the beauty and mystery and profound importance of Semitic culture. And they believe in the fundamental unity of Semitic peoples. Ultimately, says Gavin, the "survival of the planet" depends on the work being done at the Harvard Semitic Museum...