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...next fall, he hopes to leave behind at least one lasting legacy: a comprehensive reform of Japan's tax system. Last week his goal seemed within reach as Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a plan to overhaul the tax code from top to bottom. The party will submit the proposal to Japan's Diet early next year. Much like this year's revamping of the U.S. tax code, the new program aims at dramatic cuts in income taxes to make the system both more just and less complex. It would represent the first real reform of the Japanese...
When Weinberger picked Carlucci to be his deputy in 1981, many conservatives criticized the choice of a nonideological bureaucrat who had served with Jimmy Carter. At the Pentagon he was extremely sensitive to leaks, and after one such incident he had some 25 high-level officials, including himself, submit to lie-detector tests. "I believe in appropriate secrets," Carlucci says, "and I believe in keeping them." But unlike CIA Director William Casey, Carlucci is comfortable with the concept of congressional oversight of intelligence activities...
Before construction begins, Leathers holds a Design Day, when he meets with local residents to solicit their suggestions. He especially invites children to submit drawings and wish lists; castles and mazes are among the most popular requests. Leathers can be quite obliging: he built a wooden Alamo, equipped with an armadillo-shaped drawbridge, for a Dallas elementary school and fashioned a crude telephone system out of three-inch plastic piping for Hamilton, Va. Safety considerations, however, usually force him to reject water slides, underground tunnels, bike racetracks and skateboard ramps...
...Have a story you'd like to share about volunteering, or about an individual or organization lending a hand? Tell us about your experience or share an anecdote about the contributions of someone you admire for their community service. Click here to submit...
...task force was “unequivocal” in recommending that all professors who teach classes over a certain size be required to submit themselves for CUE evaluation, she said...