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That growl from Tehran was enough to send the gulf states scuttling for the shelter of avowed neutrality. Saudi Arabia immediately contradicted Iraq and insisted that King Khalid's phone call had expressed only his "concern and good brotherly feelings" for Iraq and prayed to "God Almighty to grant what is best for our Arab and Muslim world." Kuwait's ruling Emir, Sheik Jaber al Ahmed al Sabah, implored both combatants to pursue peacemaking channels. Like Kuwait, both Bahrain and the U.A.E. denied reports that they had allowed the Iraqi air force to use their bases and adamantly...
...urban areas especially, recent college graduates are finding that their entry-level jobs barely cover fast food and shabby shelter. Living at home can save years of scrimping. In the three years since he moved into his parents' Miami house, one 24-year-old rock-music reporter has stashed away $6,000, bought a used car with cash and traveled to England on his $12,800 salary. His room and board: $15 per week. Winston Whitlock, 23, returned to his parents' Atlanta home-and his father's restaurant-supply business-after leaving the Air Force. He earns...
...wayfarer who has come into Willie and Phil's life borrowed the nickel from a tottering old alcoholic swooning on his park bench in Washington Square Park. Heads she moves in with Willie, tails with Phil. She was broke, and both men, madly in love with her, had offered shelter in their respective lofts. Heads. We lose...
Robin Moore, author of The French Connection, has agents peddling a tax shelter that involves buying an interest in five future novels by Moore and others. An investor puts up $20,000 cash and a $100,000 note due in ten years and gets to depreciate $115,000 on his taxes in the first three years. If the novels and anticipated movies are bookstore and box-office smashes, the investor will hit the jackpot. If they flop, though, the investor will still have to pay off the $100,000 note after ten years...
Whether the tax shelter is risky or conservative, the one almost certain payoff is an IRS audit of the investor's tax return. The Treasury Department has programmed its computers to watch carefully for people who report large tax shelter write-offs. Warns IRS Commissioner Jerome Kurtz: "Those people investing heavily in abusive tax shelters are looking for trouble with...