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During the campaign, Jimmy Carter described the U.S. tax system as a "disgrace to the human race" and promised "comprehensive" reforms. But with unemployment at 6.9%, inflation at 6.5% and the economy expected to weaken in the second half of 1978, he has had to shelve most of his ideas for reform. Instead, to stimulate the economy, he settled last week on a package of tax cuts totaling $25 billion?about $3 billion higher than had been expected?which he will recommend to Congress in January. Main features of his tax program...
...level emissary to soothe their wounded feelings. The Saudis expressed full understanding of Sadat's objectives and made it clear that they are not opposed to a direct Arab-Israeli dialogue. The Saudis, however, also explained that they could not publicly support Egypt's move lest they weaken the broad range of contacts they have laboriously built up all across the Arab world. They now are in a position to influence such disparate and often inimical regimes as Marxist South Yemen and Somalia, Algeria and Morocco, the Christian Lebanese and the P.L.O. The Saudis hope eventually...
...international pressure was intended to moderate the policies of the National Party and weaken its hold on South Africa, it has seemingly had the opposite effect. One South African poll suggests that the Nationalists will nearly double the vote they normally get from English-speaking whites. Even opposition leaders have joined with the government in speaking out against foreign influence on the country's domestic affairs. Colin Eglin, leader of the Progressive Federal Party, sounded almost as angry as Vorster when he denounced President Carter's firm policy toward South Africa as "appalling...
...weeks ago expressing their disagreement with the misrepresentation and exaggeration of recent data purporting to show the safety of recombinant DNA research. "The NIH now finds that the guidelines it originally issued in July, 1976, for the conduct of recombinant DNA research are too restrictive and is planning to weaken them. We feel it is no longer the prerogative of the NIH to rewrite these guidelines," the letter stated...
Savage defends his plan against the charge that it would weaken House life by encouraging students to eat meals off-campus. "The only reason that House life would be destroyed is because Food Services can't provide food that's attractive enough to compete against food purchased in the Square that would cost three times as much. If Food Services can't make a meal that people will want to eat, then they should get out of there...