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Like Louis XIV at Versailles, Long wields total power in the United States Senate. For over two decades, this Democrat of the Bourbon South has controlled the Senate Finance Committee like his own fiefdom. He thus personally approves every piece of legislation which touches what Harry Truman called, "the most sensitive nerve in the human body--the pocketbook nerve." Without a doubt, Long's VAT proposal will pinch the money nerves of all Americans...
...Senator Long and Representative Ullman--lies in a tax on consumption. They even propose that this consumption tax--the VAT--partially replaces the corporate profits tax to free still more money for investment. Evidently, Long and Ullman have overlooked the startling expansion of corporate profits in the past two years. In the name of productivity, they have opted for financing a rich man's corporate tax credit with the dollars of middle class American consumers...
...two periods the penalties and the penalty-killing provided the story. But it was the third period of the overtime, which featured furious skating and many of the year's most ferocious checks, that provided the heart-thumping action and ultimately decided the difference...
Roaring in anticipation of the coming Terrier goal, the viewer-capacity crowd slumped back in their seats again and again as Lau rose to the occasion. Stopping two-on-one's, three-on-two's and once even a three-on-one, Lau recorded 11 saves in the first period and 29 overall...
After surviving a two-man down situation, ten minutes into the second period, the Crimson immediately found itself two men up, as two Terrier penalties, 20 seconds apart, gave them a sterling opportunity to score the go-ahead goal...