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There's no doubt that reform is needed. In September the Swiss senate granted the I.O.C. a tax abatement worth $1.5 million for "public service to Switzerland"--a country seeking the 2006 Winter Olympics for its mountain resort Sion. The lower house of parliament has yet to approve the windfall, but it may heed Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger, who persuaded reluctant senators to approve the tax break even if it meant "holding their noses...
...Sion is the front runner for the 20th Winter Olympics...
...think Weld has come to the conclu- sion that this type of offense is not what theConstitution is talking about," Steele said...
From Liz's point of view, the four live extremely well together. Liz beams when she describes the blocking deci- sion as a done deal since late last fall. "Ifeel very close to the people I live with now,"she says...
...council election commis- sion-fearing that the resemblance to the 39th president's moniker would cause students to dismiss the candidacy as a joke-registered Carter first as "James Carter," and then as "James 'Jimmy' Carter," when Carter protested...