Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when the taxman bites, taxpayers bite back. Homeowners in Los Angeles County were stunned this July when they were hit with reassessments ranging up to 100%. The Angelenos rebelled. They staged protests, bombarded the county tax assessor with nearly 20,000 appeals and at a recent forum hooted Mayor Tom Bradley and other politicians right off the podium. Getting the thunderous message, the California state legislature empowered the Los Angeles County board of supervisors to reopen hearings on the budget...
...shunning McCarthy. Says Jim Wall, Carter's Illinois campaign chief and an ex-McGovernite: "Most of our people recognize that a McCarthy vote is a Ford vote, and they're not going to do that." Some Republicans, however, fear that McCarthy might nab their independent votes. Says Tom Kean, the New Jersey Republican Assembly minority leader and the head of Ford's campaign in the state: "He could take votes away from both sides...
...among members of the British Antique Dealers Association-to refund the price of any fake. Therefore, when the biggest art forgery scandal in years came to a head in London last fortnight, the embarrassment was acute. At a press conference, a rubicund, white-bearded cockney painter and restorer named Tom Keating, 59, revealed that over the past 25 years he had flooded the art market with anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 pastiches of the work of dead artists, ranging from 17th century Dutch to Constable to German expressionists. He was, Keating blithely admitted, "a terrible faker. Anyone...
...alarm box that had steel emergency doors slamming shut all over their hotel). The kids responded to Parker as if he were a benevolent older brother but stood just a little in awe of Jodie Foster. At 13, and after ten full-fledged roles in features as diverse as Tom Sawyer and Taxi Driver, Foster (TIME, Feb. 23) was the savviest pro around and regarded herself as such. "I never think of myself as a child actress," Foster says. "Only as an actress...
...Parker and Welter wear twin T shirts, hers labeled ZENOBIA (the romantic feminist who kills herself), and his COVERDALE (the narrator). Nothing sneaky about their relationship. Hell, the whole school knows about it. All they have to do is walk past the Parkers' kitchen window to see Gail, Tom and Rush breakfasting together (exit your G rating). Tom, according to one trustee, is "mature" about...