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...dumping British tea into Boston Harbor. But it has a much stronger tradition of paying the crown what is due. Though rates are high, from an average of 30% to as much as 75%, the opportunity for mischief is limited: more than 90% of all British income taxes are withheld as payroll deductions...
There are substantial dangers, however, in the efforts by the aid critics to use the threat of withholding funds as a lever to pry policy concessions from the Administration. Virtually no one expects the Salvadoran government forces to collapse if the money is withheld. In fact, some U.S. intelligence reports indicate that the government troops could fight on indefinitely without any fresh U.S. aid. The military equipment they need in this "low-tech" war can be secured on the open arms market...
...assessed each act in Lebanon, so Israel evaluated her deeds at home. The Kahan Commission withheld judgment on the invasion but dared to explore its means. Where it delegated the blame for the crime of poor judgment concerning Sabra and Shatila, the truly disgraceful offenses of recent years ago--not just unpunished but ignored. In contrast to Israel's forthright courage to critically assess her record, other nations have shirked their responsibility, content to belittle this single moral precedent...
...million. Smaller banks, which have fought the hardest for repeal, say their cost per account would be higher because they have fewer depositors to share the expenses. Bankers contend that only a fraction of the outlay can be recovered on the "float," the interest banks can collect on withheld funds before the money is passed along...
...employees, plus dozens of additional documents. Democratic Congressman James J. Howard of New Jersey, chairman of the House Public Works Committee, demanded an FBI investigation of a recently installed paper shredder outside Lavelle's office that the EPA said had been used to destroy "excess copies" of documents withheld from the House. The EPA told Scheuer that Lavelle's appointment calendars, which he had subpoenaed, had "disappeared" while the agency was preparing a memo explaining erasures in them...