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...Ullman: "I just simply cannot adjust my thinking to a reduction of corporate rates that would shift the burden further to the individual taxpayers." Another criticism is that Simon's proposed reductions for individual taxpayers would make the tax system less progressive, by giving the biggest benefits to upper-income people, who own more stock and collect more dividends than individuals in the lower brackets...
...believes that "chance has no part in police work"-but his hunches tend to be inspired. These two are supported by a sturdy cast: Fredrik Melander, who has a prodigious memory and spends much of his day in the bathroom; Gunvald Larsson, an impetuous dropout from what he calls "upper-class riffraff;" Einar Rönn, who writes execrable official reports; Per Mänsonn, who is chief in Malmö, where trouble often occurs (and where the Wahlöös lived). Finally, there are the Keystone Klutzes, Kvant and Kristiansson-patrolmen stuck with each other because neither...
Cronkite was, of course, at his professional best, keeping a stiff upper lip throughout as the returns began to roll in. But even from the beginning, the vote was solidly democratic--the media heavies. Democratic regulars, and liberal-independent types were delerious...or, if not delerious, at least feeling a little vindicated. By the next morning it was officials; the Democratic party, now apparently veto-proof, would finally bring sweetness and light...
Gregory R. Dube '76, the project supervisor, said yesterday that "ignorant, misinformed and negligent comments by members of the upper echelon" which have solidified a built-in bias against "inflexible" systems is the major reason for rejecting the Identimation system...
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi last week won overwhelming parliamentary approval for the dictatorship euphemistically known as a state of emergency, which she proclaimed on June 26. It was a rather hollow victory. After the lopsided votes in the upper and lower houses, most members of the opposition stalked out in protest...