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Under the law, companies have to pay taxes on any money they receive in federal aid, just like any other income. But don't worry, corporate America, the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program won't trigger a tax bill. In October, the IRS said it doesn't consider money given by the government to the ailing banks as part of the TARP program financial aid. Call it a financial encouragement to stay in business, but not aid. Tax-Loss Carrybacks...
...would be needed to secure Iraq after the U.S. invasion, far more than the Administration had said were needed. He supported the military tradition of preparing for the worst, deploying more troops than might be necessary and then bringing the surplus home. He accurately predicted that ethnic tensions would trigger violence in Iraq and require significant ground forces to contain. The war ultimately required a "surge" of 30,000 additional troops beginning in January 2007, validating Shinseki's premonition. But Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz had belittled his assessment...
...television proved to be fertile ground for examples, as Pinker drew upon scenarios from the romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally,” as well as a number of instances of impromptu profanity by celebrities. “Using taboo words forces the listener to trigger negative thoughts,” he said. Pinker pointed out that semantic distinctions can make a big difference when economic costs are involved. He asked students to consider the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “When a person is asked how many events occurred that...
...front of a sweating crowd of 2,000 in a blacked-out Toyota Land Cruiser flanked by jogging uniformed bodyguards. As Nkunda disembarks, the goons shove and kick reporters and spectators, then stand moon-faced and legs apart around their man, guns slung over their shoulders and pointed down, trigger fingers running along the guard - the pose of elite troops from Fort Bragg to the southern Philippines. Nkunda is a man who manages his appearance carefully, cutting a tall and slightly dandyish figure in combat fatigues, a purple beret and gold-rimmed glasses, and carrying a black cane topped with...
...last time I met Saif Abdallah, in the winter of 2006, he was proud to have helped kill dozens, possibly hundreds of American soldiers. Then 28, he was a geeky electronics engineer who made trigger devices for roadside bombs known as IEDs - the No. 1 cause of U.S. troop casualties. I remember the relish he took in listing his clients, most of them Iraqi Sunni insurgent groups, whom he saw as fellow patriots trying to drive out the American occupier. He had also devised triggers for al-Qaeda. "They pay me," he said then with a shrug. "Anybody who wants...