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Treasury would also make deductible only those medical expenses that exceed 10% of an individual's income, v. 3% now-an idea that is sure to touch off howls of anger. Further, banks would have to withhold in taxes 20% of the interest paid to savers. At present, say Treasury officials, the Government loses $1.4 billion in taxes each year because taxpayers do not report interest...
...federal grand jury last summer recommended multiple-count perjury indictments against Helms, ITT chief executive Harold S. Geneen and ITT senior vice president Edward J. Gerrity for allegedly lying to two Senate committees in 1973 about an ITT-CIA conspiracy to bribe members of the Chilean Congress to withhold confirmation of Allende's victory in the September, 1970 popular presidential election. The grand off-again investigation of possible perjury charges against Helms and the two ITT executives that spanned some four years. Yet two months have elapsed since the grand jury passed on its findings to the Criminal Division...
...Convention, claimed to have won a convert or two among the anti-treaty legionnaires. This week he stalks still bigger game: former California Governor Ronald Reagan, who earlier had denounced Carter's campaign for support as a "medicine show." To the dismay of the critics, Reagan agreed to withhold criticism until he had been briefed by Linowitz and Bunker. It seemed unlikely, however, that Reagan would join such conservative Republicans as Senators S.I. Hayakawa and Barry Goldwater in an endorsement...
Since Blue Cross annually pays hospitals $13 billion for services rendered to its members, the threat to withhold payments unless the agreed-upon cost standards and procedures are met could be powerful. But whether the ambitious plan will work depends a good deal on whether or not the particular insurance company, using its own teams as well as already existing medical monitoring systems, can actually wrestle the medica. bureaucracy into line, set cost standards and avoid budget padding...
...Trivers: "An offspring cannot fling its mother to the ground at will and nurse.") So evolution has provided a defensive weapon for the offspring: psychological warfare. Some fledgling birds will scream with hunger?even when they are reasonably well fed?to induce the parent to bring more food. Dogs withhold tail-wagging to get more food. Children withhold or provide smiles?as a means of reinforcing maternal behavior they need. Says Trivers: "Strong selection pressures tend to favor the infant's efforts to express its own self-interest. Once you explore the stratagems of parent and child, I think...