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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have not reported to the Internal Revenue, and there is no record of the bond purchases because they are so-called bearer bonds and therefore do not carry the name of the owner. Gambling casinos are surging in part because they are convenient places to spend cash. Says Albert W. Merck, a member of New Jersey's casino control commission: "A casino fills a fascinating function in an economy where there is a lot of unrecorded money. It is a place to put undeclared cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Take Cash and Skip the Tax | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...Ohio last winter, Judge Neil W. Whitfield sentenced Robert W. Attwood, 20, who had stolen $10 worth of beer from a neighbor's garage, to four to 25 years in jail. On the same day, the same judge sentenced Mary Murray, a motor vehicles official, to five years probation for embezzling $8,000 in public funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judging the Judges | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

After three weeks of argument, U.S. District Judge Charles W. Joiner concluded that the school had not been as sympathetic as it should have been. In a 43-page opinion that is expected to serve as a precedent for other legal challenges, Joiner provided the first judicial acknowledgment that black English is a distinct dialect, not just slovenly talk, and ordered the Ann Arbor school district to prepare a plan for teaching black English speakers. Last week the district announced a $42,000 special program. All teachers at the King school will now be required to take "sensitivity courses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Outcry over Wuff Tickets | 8/20/1979 | See Source »

...additional students should not cause a housing crunch, Susan W. Lewis, assistant dean of freshmen, said yesterday. Renovations to Hurlbut Hall have added room for 16 additional students, she said. Forty-nine freshmen will live off-campus, she added...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Sex Ratio Climbs for Class of '83 | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education, is a classics scholar and an extremely able, accessible administrator. If you're totally confused or bewildered about your academic career and can frame coherent questions, a trip to his office might prove valuable...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The College's Bevy of Bureaucrats | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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