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...Americans took that step last year-the Internal Revenue Service and the resisters have worked out a courtly minuet. Thus, such longtime resisters as Folk Singer Joan Baez file returns (not to do so is a misdemeanor) that fully report income (to report inaccurately is fraud). They then withhold all or a percentage of their estimated tax as "war tax credit." The IRS files a lien on their bank accounts and takes the money. Technically, this form of resistance constitutes willful failure to pay, punishable by a maximum $10,000 fine and one year in prison. So far, the government...
...early February, the Crimson launched an investigation of Ryan and of HSA's major divisions, which include charter flights, publishing and catering. Various insiders of these divisions willingly supplied the Crimson with financial information which the HSA management had seen fit to withhold, such as balance and schemes. They also provided valuable information about HSA personalities and politics...
...months. But since some 170,000 Ford employees would be thrown out of work during the wait, EPA Deputy Administrator Robert Fri said that it would be "cruel" to go that far. Instead, the agency might let Ford produce and ship new cars on schedule but force it to withhold them from the market until final certification; that would preserve jobs but could badly hurt Ford financially because it would be unable to sell cars during the early weeks of new-model introductions. Sales during those weeks go far to establish each automaker's share of the market...
Members of the Adams House Committee have proposed an undergraduate petition on behalf of the tutors, a letter-writing campaign to Adams House associates and fellows, and a request to seniors to withhold pledges to the College Fund until Harvard shows evidence of an increased budgetary emphasis on the House system in general...
...expensive current models ($110 to $175) undoubtedly will trickle off until the new product is available. In an effort to prevent such a sales lag, Polaroid has refused to provide any pictures or drawings of the new camera, and some of Land's closest advisers urged him to withhold last week's public viewing. However, over the years Land has established an exceptionally close rapport with his stockholders -they once loyally broke into applause when informed by the founder that Polaroid would probably not show a profit that year-and he evidently decided that they deserved the first...