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Chicago Social Security Expert Kutza summarizes the problem: "Everyone knows the range of possible solutions. There has been panel after panel, discussion after discussion; every single option has been documented. The only real question is: Which political leader is willing to bite that bullet?" The answer right now seems to be nobody, because every suggested solution will offend some powerful group. But the reconciliation of conflicting interests is the real art of politics. In this case, some form of reconciliation is a social necessity. -By George J. Church. Reported by Hays Corey and Jeanne Saddler/ Washington, with other U.S. bureaus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Security: A Debt-Threatened Dream | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...Kong, knock-offs of the bestselling Apple II Plus model are available for prices ranging down to $325, as compared with $1,530 for the genuine article in the U.S. A few of the bogus machines bear Apple Computer Inc.'s distinctive trademark, a multicolored apple with a bite missing. Others have slightly changed names like Apolo. Asian manufacturers have so successfully duplicated the silicon micro chips in the core of the Apple machines that the imitations can use a broad range of software, from VisiCalc, the top-selling business budgeting and planning program, to video games like Snack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asian Orchards | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

While some Americans are resorting to illegal means to lessen the tax bite, many others are beginning to search through the tax code in hopes of uncovering some new deduction. Tax collectors have no troubles with that. "Take everything that's due you," advises Bob Ruttenberg, an IRS official in Boston. "We only want our fair share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Tax Games | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...yourself up to God"). Lisa Goodman repeats her role this year, and ten more Martin monologues have been added. The most powerful, in content and performance, is Handler. The heroine (Susan Cash) belongs to the Holiness Church and handles rattlers: "If you got the spirit, snake don't bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Down Tick in Louisville | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...Bite the Bullet...

Author: By Barak Goodman, | Title: Crews Open Season | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

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