Word: withheld
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unusual, on-the-record statement, the CIA has said that "the intelligence community in its investigation could not substantiate any unauthorized penetration" of the code room. The National Security Agency endorsed that conclusion in a letter to TIME. "No information was, or is being, withheld" from the State Department, the NSA said...
...addition to criticizing the behavior of their doctors, the panelists also questioned the ethics of researchers who withheld treatment from AIDS in "control groups" as part of their experiments...
...death, a dunning notice will follow. But when someone overpays the IRS, the reaction is sometimes silence. Thanks to Linda Johnson, an IRS examiner in Memphis, that will soon change. She complained to her Senator, Democrat Albert Gore, that when taxpayers in certain categories failed to subtract already withheld sums in calculating what they owe the Treasury, the IRS simply pocketed their surplus payment without telling them. Urging superiors to change the rules so these people will get refunds, she argued, "It was stealing from the taxpayers...
...Acting Commissioner Michael J. Murphy, who agreed that the policy was wrong. Henceforth, he ruled, overly generous taxpayers will get refunds. The problem arises mainly for workers who retire or quit and get lump-sum pension payments but forget to claim a credit for the taxes that were withheld. Taxpayers who detect such an error as far back as 1985 can apply for repayment. The Government will even pony up interest on its unfair use of the citizens' money...
Earlier this year the "Bermuda Shoot" prize was withheld from senior Mark Blasetti, a varsity football player, for the same reasons that prevented Brown from receiving his tickets...