Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extreme disappointment at the hesitant and contradictory handling of the Black guide issue. Harvard's dean of students and dean of the College gave the Brown University group two entirely different reasons for Harvard's conservative refusal. This made one thing clear: There was not one good reason to withhold in the first place...
...bank of any responsibility for the companies in question. Yet this letter was never made known to the Ambrosiano Latin American banks that lent money to Calvi's shell firms. The liberating letter thus gives the arrangement between Calvi and the I.O.R. the appearance of a conspiracy to withhold essential information from the lending banks. The various letters suggest that Marcinkus allowed the Vatican's name to be used in a questionable way in order to influence the bankers. The letters were written after loans had been made to the shell companies, and, according to Vatican officials, Marcinkus...
...hotel and restaurant lobby, the Senate voted to reduce by half the deduction allowed corporations for business-related meals and entertainment in town; a traveling businessman or woman would still be able to 5 deduct these expenses in full. This tax increase was added when a proposal to withhold a part of restausrant tips was defeated...
...last week, the Kansas Republican eased tense moments with one-liners, delivered with his usual boyish grin, a bob of the head and a self-deprecating chuckle. When Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island protested that he could not go along with Dole's key proposal to withhold taxes on interest and dividends because his re-election literature already showed him opposing it, Dole instantaneously gibed: "We'll buy your brochures. We'll get you new brochures...
...HMOs, compensation to doctors for their services comes directly from the administrative office instead of the patient. Some HMOs automatically withhold a portion of medical fees and keep the funds in escrow until year's end. Then, if there is a surplus, participating physicians may get raises or bonuses. Doctors are subject to continuing scrutiny by their fellow physicians to ensure that they avoid expensive diagnostic tests that are not required. This encourages them to prescribe only what is necessary, thereby helping to hold down costs for everyone...