Word: writes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...TIME in 1980. In addition to his reviewer's duties, Corliss co-edits a bimonthly journal called Film Comment (circ. 48,000), scouts films for the New York Film Festival's program committee and is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, an association of reviewers who write for magazines and newspapers...
...line with tax reform, the new 1040s will include five income brackets, instead of 15. Many of the intricate old deductions, including the write-off for state sales tax, are gone. But supplemental income schedules contain a welter of new instructions. What does the IRS, fresh from the humiliating recall of its W-4 withholding forms, have to say? The changes, pleads Arthur Altman, head of the IRS group that redesigned the forms, are a "reflection of what Congress has given...
Despite those risks, Wall Street gave Citicorp a vote of confidence. At first, apprehensions about the bank's write-off announcement rekindled the stock market's hair-trigger fear of a banking crisis. Partly as a result, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks took a nose dive of 37.38 points on Tuesday, just before Chairman Reed made his disclosure. The market quickly stabilized the next day, and Citicorp's stock rose to close the week at 55 3/ 8, up 4. Investors praised Citicorp's openness. Said an approving Lowell Bryan, a director of the Manhattan-based McKinsey...
Someone liable to be just as irked at Citicorp's move is Fed Chairman Volcker. Some stories have it that he called Reed personally to complain about the write-off. Why? If banks rush to follow Citicorp's lead, the industry might be so weakened by losses that the Fed would eventually feel obliged to help out by putting downward pressure on interest rates. But that would run counter to the Fed's efforts to buoy up the weak U.S. dollar. Says Timothy Scala, money-market manager for Buffalo-based Manufacturers and Traders Trust: "This demonstrates just how grave...
...historians write the text for each of thetapes, and Markow's mother narrates them."Artwalks" currently includes three tapes whichcost $14.95 each: Notre Dame Paris/Chartres; St.Peter's/The Sistine Chapel; and FlorenceDuomo/Baptistry/Campanile. Markow said that theyare planning to do more tapes, with a goal ofseven titles by next year, including some sites inEngland and possibly America...