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...first year in office, University President Lawrence H. Summers became Harvard’s first chief to join the $500,000 Club, an expanding group of university presidents whose total compensation exceeds half a million dollars, according to federal tax forms filed last week...
...from Louisiana for 38 years; of apparent heart failure; in Washington. First elected in 1948, a day shy of his 30th birthday, he became the first Senator preceded in the chamber by both parents: the legendary Huey P. Long and Rose McConnell Long. A master of procedural rules and tax arcana, he was responsible for, among other things, the earned-income tax credit and the $1 taxpayer checkoff box to fund presidential campaigns...
...there is still a spark. Like kimonos and Godzilla, sake is too much ingrained in the culture to be entirely forgotten. Major sakemakers are targeting new markets, such as young women, with innovative products and sales pitches. A change in Japan's tax laws has encouraged small and midsize kura to produce more profitable, premium sake, a move that has ignited the current fad for jizake, or local sake. And kura big and small see potential abroad, where a sake boom has stepped up demand. Despite its troubles?or perhaps because of them?the industry is producing its best sake...
...sector. But Romney is not without public service credentials, having performed an admirable job as chair of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and he continues his work as governor of Massachusetts. And while his recent tenure is far from immaculate—refusing to reconsider rescinding tax rollbacks while he cuts social service spending and fails to balance the budget—he certainly could offer interesting advice and reflection on work in politics and service. Students may not have chosen him voluntarily, but he can still offer wise words for budding politicians. Romney will address...
...problem is not confined to California. Federal initiatives begun in the late 1990s require states to search vast databases of tax records for “deadbeat dads,” but do not specify rigid standards of accuracy in paternity identification. As former President Clinton trumpeted Arkansas’ system of child support enforcement in a 1994 town hall meeting, “We started immediately beginning to process child support and creating a presumption of paternity that could be only overcome with proof...