Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he isn't amusing Republicans on Capitol Hill, the Vice President is infuriating them. Toward the end of the long dispute over extending the income tax surcharge, Agnew attempted to intervene on behalf of the Administration's position. His intrusion in the delicate bargaining caused disruption rather than progress. Later, Idaho Senator Len Jordan, normally one of the most loyal and quiet of Republicans, promulgated the Jordan rule: "Whenever I am lobbied by the Vice President, I will automatically vote the opposite...
Apparently Agnew learned nothing from the summer tax fight. Last week, when Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie proposed that the U.S. unilaterally halt testing MIRV nuclear warheads for six months, the Vice President issued the admonition that "no responsible person would propose that the President play Russian roulette with U.S. security.' Agnew seemed to have overlooked the fact that Massachusetts Republican Edward Brooke and 42 other Senators were already promoting a resolution in favor of a bilateral recess in MIRV testing pending the start of Soviet-American arms control talks. The measure had seemed to be stuck until Agnew spoke...
...Voloshen joined forces with Bobby Baker, then secretary to the Senate Democratic majority, who was later convicted of theft, conspiracy and tax evasion. Their scheme was to buy the Bank of Miami Beach. Baker promised to swing deposits of Government funds into the bank, and Labor Racketeer Jack McCarthy agreed to pour union money into the vaults. Voloshen was to put together a syndicate to buy the bank. The deal collapsed when Voloshen was unable to meet his part of the bargain...
Thin Red Line. Progress has been slow: comprehensive schools still enroll only 21% of all students in the tax-supported secondary schools of England and Wales. One reason is that the elite grammar schools attract middle-class parents who yearn to give their children upper-class accents and the university aura that separates gentlemen from others. Now the Labor Party wants to send all children to comprehensive schools-and many middle-class parents are aghast. If grammar schools go, they charge, their children will have to mix with academic and social inferiors. Seizing the issue, the Conservative Party has vowed...
...homophile organization to enjoy a full social life: homosexuals often are the parlor darlings of wealthy ladies ("fag hags"). Marriage in these circles can involve a homosexual and a busy career woman who coolly take the vows for companionship?and so that they can pool their incomes and tax benefits for a glittering round of entertaining...