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...Dennis DeConcini of Arizona. Devised by Economist Robert Hall and Political Scientist Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, the plan would eliminate all deductions and tax everyone at the same rate, 19%. Currently, rates go as high as 50%. The Hall-Rabushka proposal would let all taxpayers subtract a "personal allowance" from their income that would amount to $8,500 for a family of four. This provision would mean that poor families would continue paying little...
...punting game. "We lost that because we turned the ball over," Restic said. With Villanueva's punting average close to 40 yards (though it was 32.5 Saturday), the Harvard mentor figured it this way: "A back who carries for 100 yards on 20 carries, if he fumbles twice, you subtract 80 yards [in lost field position] and he's got a one yard per carry average...
...your score, add up the figures and subtract 20. Any number over 30 indicates a vulnerability to stress. You are seriously vulnerable if your score is between 50 and 75, and extremely vulnerable if it is over...
Cornelia says she can add and subtract and read. So can a second-grader...
...parties, wearing couture dresses. "Reading books for four years is an excuse not to work," she hazards, "unless you're going to be a plastic surgeon or something." Cornelia earned her high school diploma at home, by mail. "I have an education," she says. "I can add and subtract and read...