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THERE IS LITTLE that can be done about this except abdicate, abjure, ask to be excused--from certain dialogues, communities, and societies, from the sheltering "we"s that we inhabit, that constitute our friends, families and countries. It is a request that I am making, that I don't even expect to be granted...
...questions inevitably arise: What, exactly, is a hamburger program, and will it involve "Hamburgers on request" at breakfast...
While Washington ducked the tax issue, Japan and Germany seemed willing -- if not exactly eager -- to consider new levies to help pay for the war. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu staked his political future on a request for Japanese lawmakers to allocate $9 billion to the allied campaign. The outlays would be in addition to $2 billion that Japan pledged before the fighting began. One plan to finance the new grant would combine borrowing with increased taxes on such items as gasoline, tobacco and alcoholic beverages...
Aides to George Bush stunned Democrats and some Republicans last week by indicating that the President, in his annual budget request, would renew his long-standing campaign for lower capital-gains taxes. The strategy seemed a halfhearted attempt to appease conservatives who remain furious with Bush for agreeing to tax increases last year. Scoffed a Democratic aide to a congressional committee: "Maybe they'll ask for a capital-gains cut to pay for the gulf...
...University is refusing to comply with a city of Boston request that it increase its annual voluntary contribution to the city, a Harvard official said yesterday...