Word: yes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yes, Britain has a winner-take-all electoral system ((WORLD, June 1)), but so does the U.S. The difference is that the British settle the matter in 24 days, while we devote 24 hours a day, month after month, to tangling, wangling and wrangling before we can reach a decision. For sheer boredom and lack of productivity, it is hard to beat the American system...
...Fannie Mae make a big mistake on her tax returns? Yes, says the Internal Revenue Service. A tax court heard arguments last week in a dispute between the IRS and the Federal National Mortgage Association, the former Government agency that is now privately owned and known as Fannie Mae. In April 1986 the IRS declared that Fannie Mae had taken improper deductions and owed some $200 million in back taxes and interest. Fannie Mae paid up, but is suing to get a refund...
...David I. Rome, president of Schocken Books Inc., a New York City publishing company, and for many years secretary to Rinpoche, "because of the transitional role he played in transplanting this 2,600-year-old religion to the West -- without compromising the religion, the depth of the religion." And yes, said Rome, "we definitely expect him to come back and beseech him to come back, but just as in his life he did things in unexpected ways, we cannot expect him to mind a timetable...
...Greenspan was in his Manhattan doctor's office and unreachable for 20 minutes. Commented Reagan, who has seen all too many physicians during his two terms: "There's no telling what they're doing to that man." Eventually Greenspan emerged. Would he accept the job? The immediate answer was yes...
Broadway prepares to celebrate as George Abbott, the theater' s grandest, oldest man, turns 100 -- yes, 100 -- still directing plays...