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...effort is underway in Cambridge to set up a year-round shelter for the local homeless population to pick up the slack after three seasonal shelters close at the end of this month, officials announced at last night's City Council meeting...
...Rolling Stones' fretful tune Gimme Shelter carries a special meaning for rock stars, Hollywood actors, even Wall Street tycoons. Like all of America's truly rich, they constantly look for loopholes in U.S. tax laws to shield their megabuck earnings from the Internal Revenue Service. But at times, as the headlines last week again confirmed, the Government declares those shelters to be illegal...
...past, the indictment seemed well timed to coincide with tax-filing season, when people sitting down to struggle with Form 1040 have little sympathy for big shots who take advantage of fancy dodges. Tax reform, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is designed to eliminate many legitimate shelters and reduce the incentive for chiseling by cutting the maximum tax rate from 50% to an eventual 28%. But tax experts doubt that the shelter game is over. Says John McAtee, a securities lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell: "The Government will continue to create new loopholes to accomplish economic and social...
...merchandise -- ranging from TV sets to X- ray film -- in retaliation for Tokyo' s failure to honor an agreement on trade in semiconductors. The move reflects Washington' s rising impatience with the U. S. trade deficit in general and with Japan in particular. -- Authorities crack a $550 million tax- shelter scheme...
...participate in shielding Mr. Kent-Brown from the real outrage at his presence being expressed by many, both inside and outside the room where he is speaking. While it is the University's duty to protect the free speech of its guests, it is not their duty to shelter racists from hearing the voices of the opposition...