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...drop the T.S. Eliot references. But only if you promise not to waste your time and money on - oh, let's say Smokin' Aces. It's possible that in some half-forgotten pitch meeting someone murmured the phrase "black comedy" in describing their intentions for the movie. It is also possible that names like Scorsese or Tarantino or the Coen brothers were bandied about in that conclave. But what they meant to say was "blood bath...
Mycoskie is planning a second shoe drop in Argentina later this year, with more to follow in Africa and Asia. He says 240 customers have told him they would pay to volunteer on shoe drops, so next year he hopes to launch a company offering $2,000 vacations consisting of two days of sightseeing and four days of volunteering. "All these other businesses and deals have been preparing me for this," he says. "I believe Toms is going to give away millions of shoes...
...individuals the top tax rate would drop from 84% to 65%, while for corporations the maximum rate would decline from 52.9% to less than 50%. Total savings: $27.5 billion. The reform will simplify the system by reducing the number of tax brackets from 15 to six. To help make up for the loss in revenue, the plan outlines a new maximum 5% value-added tax, which is similar to a sales tax, and recommends a 20% levy on interest from savings. For the first time in 66 years, interest on small savings accounts would be taxed...
Accounts of the Reykjavik summit, albeit dense with rhetoric, tended to stick closer to the facts. If a story continues to have mileage as a propaganda vehicle, however, the Soviets are reluctant to drop it: two months after the Iceland meeting, the press is still explaining why Ronald Reagan's Space Defense Initiative should be curtailed and blaming the U.S. for the arms race...
...next two months are anything like the last one. A New York Times/CBS News poll last week showed the President's approval rating plunging 21 points in the past four weeks, from 67% to 46%. That is the most dramatic one-month drop since presidential opinion polls began 50 years ago. The survey found that 53% of the voters think Reagan knew "money from the Iranian arms sales was going to help the contras," even though the President insists that...