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...subcommittee's chairman, Georgia Democrat Doug Barnard Jr., says the IRS has become so consumed with preserving its reputation that it is using Section 6103's confidentiality provisions to thwart congressional scrutiny of alleged misconduct. Citing Section 6103, IRS officials have refused to turn over confidential files about the Jordache affair and other cases. "We are handicapped from doing the oversight job that Congress has determined we should do," says Barnard, a conservative former banker...
...around the impasse would be for the powerful House Ways and Means Committee to obtain the records, as it is empowered to do under Section 6103. But the committee's influential chairman, Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, has not cooperated, apparently out of concern that embarrassing disclosures about the IRS could damage its ability to collect taxes...
...bureau chief from 1982 to 1986, chronicles Cory Aquino's rise to power in Impossible Dream: The Marcoses, The Aquinos, and the Unfinished Revolution, just published by Warner Books. In fact, so many of Burton's colleagues have written books lately that bookstores might consider adding a TIME Authors section. Staff writer Guy Garcia's first novel, Skin Deep (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), tells the story of a Chicano who left the East Los Angeles barrio for Harvard. Contributor Richard Schickel's Schickel on Film (Morrow) is a collection of essays on subjects as diverse as Woody Allen and John Ford...
Some of the darker warnings about Murdoch's takeover have not been borne out. TV Guide is not giving special editorial treatment to the Fox network, which is part of Murdoch's media empire. The listings section is still unmatched for comprehensiveness and accuracy, and the magazine's personality pieces retain a healthy edge of skepticism. Moreover, some staffers believe the old TV Guide, with its rather stodgy format, may have been due for rejuvenation. Yet that sober, even-tempered tone of voice always provided an important bit of ballast for a business fraught with glitter and hype. The danger...
...Huggin Hill. Stacks of tiles from the 2,000-year-old central- heating system will be covered with foam and wood before the whole site is filled in with sand; a planned two-story basement will be built at another location so that only a small section of a Roman retaining wall will need to be destroyed. Developers of the Rose site have also proposed re-covering the remains. But critics say the theater fragments are too fragile for such treatment. Moreover, construction plans still call for 20 concrete piles, some of which would be driven through what is left...