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...income taxes. There is nothing in making noodles, the Government contends, that is "charitable, scientific, literary or educational" (the statutory requirement for tax exemption for colleges). A court test, brought by Mueller, has not been decided. If the Government wins the case, it will slap a bill for back taxes on all the company's profits since the sale, and presumably go after some of the other big deals...
Modern American literature received three encouraging pats on the back and a stinging slap in the face at the hands of four prominent literary figures at Rindge Tech last night before a responsive Law School Forum audience...
...those who are against. Here there are a small group of vicious people trying to disrupt our delegation. There is another small group that is native. We came here for peace. Let's make decisions. There are too many disruptive points. Let's prevent it from recurring. Let's slap these people down--verbally, I mean. I'm fighting for peace ... I'm fighting for all of you.' Motion of censure withdrawn. Discussion closed...
...French, who had not been consulted in advance, the British move seemed a unilateral slap at "European unity." Since the French had already devalued several times, they now cut the franc loose to find its own dollar value on a free market, expected it to steady at about 350 to the dollar; but they would peg the franc again if it went beyond that...
...Forest, who sometimes wonders why he ever invented radio's audion tube, made a birthday wish: that the FCC enforce its ban on "those mediocre giveaway programs" and, while going about it, slap one on soap operas...