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...interview after his speech, Bradlee saidthat although the current administration has beentrying "slightly more desperately to plug leaks,"the amount of leaking has not decreased. "Whatthey've been extremely successful at is whippingan anti-press attitude in the public, reallypress-bashing," Bradlee said...
...order to plug their latest work, Greaney and other members of the Lampoon will appear on the Today show tomorrow with Gene Shalit. On the same day, Ron Reagan, President Reagan's son, will also broadcast a taped segment on the spoof from Cambridge for Good Morning America...
Money-losing People Express, Frontier's troubled, no-frills parent, had pulled the plug on its cash-short subsidiary six weeks after announcing that Frontier was to be sold to powerful United Airlines, the largest U.S. commercial carrier, for $146 million. People executives continued to pursue negotiations with United, which had been pledged some of Frontier's most important assets in return for a $46.7 million advance payment. But the remainder of their original deal was in tatters. At last, on Thursday, Frontier formally filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. Said People Express in a statement: "Unless some other entity...
Even the highest-ranking of University officials acknowledge surprise at the intensity of the media blitz, but not without wondering at the focus on all the glamor and glitz. Maybe they don't realize it, but they're partly responsible. They held a press conference in August to plug the fireworks and other festivities, but the academic symposia, arguably the week's most significant activities, are proceeding with no such promotion...
...play this game, begin by assuming that your income will not change, then retrieve your 1985 AGI (adjusted gross income: line 32 on your last 1040). Plug that figure into the first box. In the first part of the game, add back items that were previously deductible to arrive at your probable 1988 AGI. Then subtract the deductions still permitted. This will yield your new taxable income. Multiply that by 15% or 28%. Like any game, this one has both winners and losers...