Senate Finance Committee tax reform bill heads to floor debate
The Senate Finance Committee passed a clean tax reform bill backed by Sen. Byrd and Sen. Dole and set for televised floor debate next month. Real estate groups call it a meltdown but supporters praise its elimination of most tax shelters and urge passing the bill intact to avoid amendments that could invite lobbyist influence.
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Senate
C-Span
Public Service
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Bob Dole
Brian
Byrd
Robert Packwood
R-Ove
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Call Me Anytime A Soviet Official Takes Calls On Air
Guest editorial notes Georgi Arbatov, a Soviet disinformation official, spoke with BBC radio listeners in London and offered to converse in Russian on any day. The piece recalls Khrushchev era jokes about Levine and missing washing machines, refrigerators, and questions about Soviet consumer goods.
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Georgi Arbatov
Kremlin
U. S
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Leningrad
Arbatov
Myron Cohen
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Price Of Progress A Cost We're Willing To Pay
An editorial argues nuclear power brings vital, economical electricity despite grave risks. It notes Three Mile Island and Chernobyl as fears, compares to Titanic and airplanes, and suggests invention incurs danger yet fuels broader progress and pride, including space advances.
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Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
International Atomic Energy Agency
Panel predicts stock market crash by 1988
Ashley Cooper cites a TV panel warning of a possible stock market crash by 1988. The column muses on national decline, urging practical skills, criticizes overeducation, and jokes about repairs, taxes, and consumer trends. It rails at government, unions, and corporations while weaving in personal quips and social commentary.
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Ashley Cooper
Louise Eckenrod
USA
Whatever Happened To The New Soviet Man
Max Lerner argues that the Chernobyl disaster exposes the failure of the Soviet selfhood. He critiques state planning and the suppression of initiative, contrasting Marxist ideals with Soviet reality. He notes dissidents Pasternak Solzhenitsyn Sakharov and Shcharansky as rare exemplars of individual dignity within a system that suppresses true autonomy.
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New York City
Ukraine
Erich Fromm
Marx
Boris Pasternak
Solzhenitsyn
Andrei Sakharov
Refusnik
Anatoli Shcharansky
New York
Soviet Union
Russia
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Ron Hudspeth
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By Max Lerner
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