IRS written tax promise and travel guarantee questions
A reader asks whether prize merchandise from a game show is taxed at full retail value or cash value upon sale, and how to obtain a IRS written opinion. Other letters discuss hotel guarantee charges for late arrivals and a car accident liability question, with expert guidance on guarantees, insurance, and refunds.
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Bruce
Pittsburgh
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On This Day and Births in History
Today marks the 1965 Gamini 7 orbital launch. Notable birthdays include Daanna Durbin, Jeff Bridges turning 42, and Bernard King at 35, along with listed historical figures Carlyle, Butler, Russell, Rilke, Franco, and Durbin.
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U.S
Thomas Carlyle
Samuel Butler
Lillian Russell
Rainer Maria Rilke
Francisco Franco
Daanna Durbin
Jeff Bridges
Bernard King
Fifty Years Ago Today Invasion and Recapture Moves
Fifty years ago today Japanese forces began invasion of Malaya sailing from Hainan. Finnish troops retook Hanko at the Gulf of Finland entrance, a base seized by the Soviets a year prior. Britain instituted conscription for women workers.
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Hainan
Hanko
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Why it's not always easy to like Japan
A wide range of views on postwar Japan are presented through references to Kenbei the growing dislike of the United States, Ryuho Okawa, and public memory of World War II events. The piece cites Mari Yamaguchi, Jim Impoco, Akira Kurosawa, and Theodore White’s 1965 retrospective on the surrender aboard the Missouri. It contrasts Japanese victim narratives with celebratory wartime power imagery.
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Steven R. Weisman
Tokyo
New York Times
Kenbei
United States
Ryuho Okawa
Mari Yamaguchi
Japan
U.S
Soviet Union
Leviathan
Eagle
Red Bear
Europe
China
Korea
Jim Impoco
U.S. News & World Report
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hidekatsu Tojo
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Akira Kurosawa
Nagasaki
Theodore H. White
Sembes
Seat
Bie
Teddy White
White
Times
America
Chungking
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Guam
Saipan
Missouri
Yokohama
Sorting out the causes of arm pain for an 86 year old
Dear Dr. Gott advises an 86 year old with left armpit and arm pain that overuse points to arthritis or muscle strain. He recommends medical evaluation, X-rays, graded physical therapy, and an ECG to rule out heart-related causes given arteriosclerosis and possible angina.
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DR. Gott
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