Word: william
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...windfall, but I think you can see where this is going: The higher up the income ladder you are, the more you get -- and it?s only gotten worse for ordinary joes like me since the House and Senate bills were combined. Under the Senate bill sponsored by William Roth (who brought us the laudable Roth IRA), the middle 60 percent of American families, who pay a third of all taxes, would have gotten 33 percent of the tax breaks. Now they?re getting 21 percent. Roth had the top 20 percent of incomes, who pay two-thirds...
...takes his seat at a time when international diplomats are expressing unprecedented frustration with Washington?s performance in the international body. "Although Holbrooke will have to do a lot of repair work at the U.N., he?ll have even more work to do in Washington," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Right now the U.S. is perceived as having little focus or direction in its foreign policy, and its tendency to avoid dealing with crises in international forums for fear of being hamstrung has led to a situation where we?re perceived to simply not be listening to anybody else...
...contribution limits) that make the measure sound more like one of Bill Clinton?s than Newt Gingrich?s. And that?s exactly why maybe ? just maybe ? some of this begging-to-be-vetoed bill might survive the summer. "The fact that it has so many of the earmarks of William Roth?s (R-Del) Senate version means there is some possibility of splitting the difference with Clinton," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But first they?re going to go home and see if they can sell it, and get some leverage from the voters...
...With reporting by William Tynan/New York
...wears a poker face on the bench, but sometimes Chief Justice WILLIAM REHNQUIST just can't stop his irrepressibly jaunty side from shining through. His "Old Fashioned Sing-along," for example, is considered a highlight of the annual 4th Circuit Judicial Conference. This year, however, some lawyers took exception to the inclusion of Dixie in his songbook. Many consider the Confederate marching song, which was played at Jefferson Davis' inauguration, to be nostalgic for slavery. Rehnquist is not commenting publicly, but we do have some insight into what else he's doing in his downtime. Earlier this month, he entered...