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...groups were given two important benefits: they did not have to pay any tax, and donations to them would be deductible. But after some heavy lobbying during the New Deal by groups that raised tax-deductible funds, Congress in 1934 imposed restrictions on such activity. For reasons that are unclear, veterans' organizations were listed in a separate subsection of the tax code, and so the limitations did not explicitly apply to them...
Even if it survived the legislature, the effect of King's proposal on Cambridge is unclear, the councilors said...
...museum's own vast collection will remain stored in the building's basement at least until the end of the "Danzig 1939" exhibit in June. Outside supporters, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and Combined Jewish Philanthropies, brought the Danzig exhibit to Harvard, but it is unclear whether the museum will have funds in the future to exhibit its own holdings...
However, even if the opponents of the constitution had been fully aware of the turnout requirement, it is unclear what they would or should have done. Now that the vote is counted, it looks as if abstention would have been a better strategy. But that is only known after the fact. It is possible that a movement of "no" voters to abstention might have led to the passage of the constitution where it would otherwise have been defeated--if, for instance, turnout were high but the "yes" votes were running about two-thirds of the voters...
...citizens, in particular the poor and the elderly, filling out questionnaires has become a necessity of life. The procedure is required by government (tax forms, food stamps and welfare aid applications) as well as business (insurance policies, loan agreements, product warranties). "Many, if not most of these documents are unclear, inappropriate or incomprehensible to their intended users," says Andrew M. Rose, a psychologist who specializes in document design...