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...billion in new federal revenue that would be generated in fiscal 1987 by eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes could not easily be found elsewhere. One of Treasury Secretary James Baker's first decisions in his reshaping of the Treasury I tax-reform package was not to tamper with that provision, and it survived intact in Treasury II. If they give in now on sub-federal tax deductibility, Administration officials fear, they run the risk of losing the whole tax- reform plan...
Much of the agency's work focuses on accounting. Officials scan the records of nuclear plants to determine whether all the radioactive material received is either properly stored and used or accounted for as waste. The inspectors also check film from tamper-proof cameras installed at strategic locations in nuclear facilities to discover possible abnormal movements of personnel and equipment and to watch for nonreported alterations in the plants. The frequency of inspection varies from three or four times a year under normal circumstances to sudden visits if an emergency occurs. A few inspections are unannounced. Certain facilities, like uranium...
...former top Communist Party official in Czechoslovakia who emigrated to Austria in 1977: "The type of human being ideal for the Soviet system is an obedient and reliable person, carrying out orders and directives but devoid of initiative and responsibility." Unlike the Chinese, the Soviets are not inclined to tamper significantly with the basic premises of their system. Gorbachev's ideological instincts appear to be no different from those of his predecessors. Nonetheless, Moscow has for the past four years been drafting a policy document that is being heralded as the first revision of the Communist Party's program since...
...discussion. "Because the currents calling criminal responsibility into question are so strong," writes Yale Law School Professor Abraham Goldstein, "those who look to criminal law to shore up weakened social supports see the insanity defense as a call to battle." The same kind of Administration thinking that hoped to tamper with the exclusionary rule has allowed the Justice Department to exploit the burst of media attention and attack a straw...
...beliefs or values on citizens who do not share them, is a clear and present danger to Americans of all faiths. The state should be neutral, not partisan, in matters religious." The interfaith group urged politicians above all "to oppose any and all efforts, whether direct or subtle, to tamper with the First Amendment...