Cold War and The Income Tax: A Protest

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The truth is that the people of the United States are at the present time dominated and driven by two kinds of officially propagated fear: fear of the Soviet Union and fear of the income tax. These two terrors have been adjusted so as to complement one another and thus to keep the citizen of our free society under the strain of a double pressure from which he finds himself unable to escape -- like the man in the old Western story, who, chased into a narrow ravine by a buffalo, is confronted with a grizzly bear. If we fail to accept the tax, the Russian buffalo will butt and trample us, and if we try to defy the tax, the federal bear will crush us.

The 60,000 officials who are appointed to check on us taxpayers are checked on, themselves, it seems, by another group of agents set to watch them. And supplementing these officials -- since private citizens are paid by the Internal Revenue Service to report on other people's delinquencies, and their names of course are never revealed -- there is a whole host of amateur investigators. . . Does this kind of spying and delation differ much in its incitement to treachery from that which is encouraged in the Soviet Union?

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Cold War and The Income Tax : A Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NCX5UM

The Cold War and the Income Tax, a Protest

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The Cold War and the Income Tax, a Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Cold War and the Income Tax: a Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Company
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ASIN: B000PGFRZ2

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The Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: FARRAR STRAUS AND COMPANY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OL2SIM

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The Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest

Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Co
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GU6CT2

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The Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: A Signet Book
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000CM1UH

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Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest
Edmund Wilson
Manufacturer: FARRAR, STRAUS AND COMPANY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OLDJYY

THE COLD WAR AND THE INCOME TAX: A PROTEST BY EDMUND WILSON

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THE COLD WAR AND THE INCOME TAX: A PROTEST BY EDMUND WILSON
EDMUND WILSON
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
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ASIN: B000H5HD08

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Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest.
Edmund WILSON
Manufacturer: WILSON, Edmund. The Cold War and the Income Tax: A Protest. Orig. cloth, dust jacket. N.Y.: Farrar, Straus & Co., [1963]. First edition. A fine copy.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S8YKUK

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What type of man does a hard case like Luke Cage look up to? The kind of man who's got the guts to speak the truth and the muscle to back it up. The kind of man who's got all the gadgets to get the job done, a pair of sexy female bodyguards watching his back and an entire kingdom at his disposal. That man is the Black Panther - and when King T'Challa asks for Cage's expertise solving a little problem, it's got the makings of a serious team-up - with cameos galore from across the Marvel Universe! Collects Black Panther (2005) #10-13.

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Could not put the book down.......2007-09-30

This was a great book! I couldn't put it down! Very creative, especially the team up in the Katrina Aftermath. Excellent Book!

What, no Black Goliath?.......2007-06-19

The dialog in this book traipsed the line between offensive and stupid, never quite decided which side it wanted to come down on. Pookie's dialog was particularly endemic. Hudlin seemed to want this character to speak in a stereotypical manner, but he was unwilling to go the whole way.
The greatest problem with this book was the absence of some black characters. Why no Black Goliath? With Civil War and his impending death on the horizon, why did he not make an appearance. Still it was great. I love T'Challa.

Black super heroes in all their glory!!!!.......2006-07-28

Sweet Christmas - it sure is great to see Luke Cage teaming up with the Black Panther. How does Reginald Hudlin, a.k.a. Entertainment President of Black Entertainment Television, find the time to write such a thought provoking title?? His Black Panther is noble, powerful and super rich. I loved the interplay between Cage & T'challa as well as the dialogue. I also loved seeing all the black super heroes teaming up like Blade, Brother Voodoo, Photon, The Falcon, etc. I sure hope the Black Panther movie is made with Hudlin and Wesley Snipes in the title role. All the characters in this book are Bad Muthas and I say that in a good way!!

MARVEL'S BROTHERS (AND MONICA RAMBEAU) GONNA WORK IT OUT IN FAST, FUN TALE.......2006-03-24

The "Bad Mutha" storyarc is a very good one-kind of like "Rush Hour 2," but with superheroes. Black Panther Nos. 10-13 comprise a storyline originally called "Two The Hard Way," a knowing nod to the 1974 Blaxploitation film "Three The Hard Way." After the travesty of the first nine issues (the first six of which Marvel has collected in the "Who Is The Black Panther?" hardcover and paperback), I had begun to wish this title a quick and painless end. But Panther scribe Reginald Hudlin, a.k.a. Entertainment President of Black Entertainment Television, is showing that he can handle (his version of) King T'Challa pretty well; it's just that he's doing it as if the purpose of his stories are to entertain in a 2006 African-American popular culture context, not to compete with, say, "Lord Of The Rings." (I'd rather him attempt the latter, but that's another story.) He entertains well here, providing speed, action and fun in large doses.

This arc's climax provided a large, and long-held, wish-fulfillment of many an African-American Marvel Zombie: seeing a bunch of the company's Black superheroes together, fighting in unity, if not uniformity. The roster: Blade (the Wesley Snipes film version), Brother Voodoo, Luke Cage, Hero-For-Hire (a.k.a. Power Man, a character soon to appear on the big screen), The Falcon (in a criminally small cameo), and Monica Rambeau (who has in the past gone by the codenames of Photon, Pulsar and Captain Marvel), all led into battle by the title character. (Note: Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu, makes the most of his all-too-brief appearance.) Hudlin uses a key goal of his Panther run to great effect in this arc: unapologetically showing Black (super) prowess directly confronting symbolic forces of oppression, with a too-Black, too-strong (pop culture and political) aesthetic.

The plot: King T'Challa begins his search for a wife, a plotline that will climax later this year when he marries Storm of the X-Men. The story's setting shifts all over the world--from the African nation of Wakanda to a New York City club (complete with an abusive Diddy lookalike) to an Asian mountaintop to the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Pop culture permeates the narrative: Ninjas, vampires-heck, even Fred G. Sanford (does the "G" now stand for "got-damn FEMA"?) and his good friend Bubba Hoover from classic television's "Sanford And Son" share a quick scene!

Hudlin was born to write Luke Cage. (He has said that he wrote Panther and Cage's interaction not unlike a buddy movie starring Denzel Washington and Ice Cube.) If somebody at Marvel gives Hudlin the chance to produce a Cage book or a series like the dearly-departed THE CREW, his non-team of Panther, Cage, Voodoo, Blade and Monica would be a great convergence of Marvel's Black Power. PLEASE bring this team back, including Hudlin.

Verdict: As a devoted fan of Don McGregor's and Christopher J. Priest's take on T'Challa, I don't think this is MY (ideal) Panther, but I can see this character, as portrayed in this arc, fast becoming SOMEBODY's favorite Panther. And it should.

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Black Panther: Bad Mutha TPB
Reginald Hudlin
Manufacturer: DIAMOND BOOK DISTRIB
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K6S0WO

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There has long been a rumour going around that Canadians aren't funny. Well, John Robert Colombo has assembled a comprehensive collection of Canadian humour that is sure to dispel this rumour for once and for all. At once scandalous, subversive and hilarious, it includes a wide range of riddles, puns, and side-splitting anecdotes from the world of history, politics and culture (er, hockey). All those jokes that you share around the water cooler, that delight you in yoxur morning e-mail and that crack you up over your morning paper-they're all here, together for the first time in one handy and hilarious volume.

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The Penguin Book of More Canadian Jokes
John Robert Colombo
Manufacturer: Penguin Global
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0143014900

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The Penguin Book Of Canadian Jokes
John Robert Colombo
Manufacturer: Penguin Global
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OSNVLI

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The Penguin Book of More Canadian Jokes
John Robert Colombo
Manufacturer: Penguin Global
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJEB0W

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Traveling from Warsaw to Blackpool, Marseilles to Madrid, this book investigates the postmodern nature of contemporary Europe's urban life and cinema, and shows how European films represent these cities across old and new Europe. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book engages with diverse films, including "Luna Park", "Run, Lola, Run", "Trainspotting", "Wonderland", and many more. It tackles the issues about postmodernity raised by these films and the changes wrought in European cities over the last two decades under the effects of political change, from the postcommunist era in Moscow and Berlin to the effects of Thatcherism in Edinburgh and London.

Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli. From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema.(Book review) : An article from: Post Script

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Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli. From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema.(Book review) : An article from: Post Script
JeanAnn Dabb
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Post Script, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1378 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ewa Mazierska and Laura Rascaroli. From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema.(Book review)
Author: JeanAnn Dabb
Publication: Post Script (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 25 Issue: 2 Page: 80(3)

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Murder, the Mob, prostitution, drugs, innovative (but illegal) financial dealings, and the brilliant use of technology for ill-gotten gain, all have been involved in the schemes of unscrupulous casino owners, employees, and gamblers throughout the decades of legal gambling. Gaming in Nevada is more stringently controlled than anywhere else in the United States, and in License to Steal, investigative reporter and editor Jeff Burbank provides a lively and highly readable case history account of some of the most significant--and most fascinating--cases adjudicated by the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Commission during a pivotal time for the growing gaming industry.

It is the responsibility of these two agencies to review the licensing of new and established casinos, investigate reports of suspected wrongdoing, and punish those found guilty. In providing a balanced and objective yet very entertaining account of these sometimes complex cases, Jeff Burbank uses legal documents, meeting transcripts, insider interviews, and contemporary newspaper reports. The book is enhanced by the author's lively and informative recent interviews with key figures in gaming regulation, past and present.

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Feeling Lucky? .......2007-02-05

If you've ever put a quarter in a slot machine, you might have wondered if the game is fixed or if you actually have a chance of winning. You know that the house always has an edge, but you assume you have a chance of winning, otherwise you wouldn't play, right?

In Nevada, where the economy depends on gambling, there are two regulatory agencies, the Gaming Control Board and the Gaming Commission. In general, the Commission licenses casinos and the Board enforces the laws regarding gambling. Together they have a responsibility to make sure the public has confidence in the gambling system.

Jeff Burbank used to be a business reporter for the Las Vegas Sun and then the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the two major newspapers in Nevada. He investigated the casino industry from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. During that time there were a number of landmark cases that the Commission and the Board dealt with. In License to Steal, Burbank describes seven of the most controversial and entertaining cases.

One story tells of the casino owner who had a Nazi memorabilia collection that he liked to exhibit to a few hundred close friends from time to time. He'd throw a party, sometimes on Hitler's birthday, to show off the collection. The parties were held in his casino, but not in public view. Word got around (apparently the collection was really something) and the Commission wondered if it shouldn't do something, since one of their mandates is to ensure the licensees (casino owners and operators) don't do anything to give Nevada a bad reputation. It was a touchy problem: a lot of people were offended, but what about freedom of speech? And wasn't it somewhat hypocritical to censure someone for offensive behavior in Las Vegas, which has a bit of a reputation for bad taste? In the end, they fined the casino owner. Even in Las Vegas, there are limits to bad taste.

Another story explained how a slot machine manufacturer had programmed its machines to make it look as if losing spins had just missed being winners - "near misses." The owners claimed that the machine wheels would spin randomly, as they are supposed to, but that once the spin had randomly been determined to be a loser, the wheels would re-adjust to show a near miss. This made it more exciting for the player, who would play more. But the regulators thought it might compromise the appearance of randomness. They decided the near miss feature would not be allowed, but when the company appealed on the grounds that retrofitting thousands of machines would be too expensive, the Commission cut them some slack. They still went bankrupt.

Then there's the story about a Gaming Control Board employee who found a way to rig the slot machines he tested so they would pay off when a certain sequences of coins was fed into them. Burbank tells how the employee also learned how to predict keno draws, using a computer program, and was trying out the system in Atlantic City, when casino security became suspicious. This was different from the slots - he hadn't rigged the keno game, he was using an algorithm that found an element of non-randomness in the draws and exploited it. I'm not even sure that qualifies as cheating according to Commission rules, but it certainly does by casino rules. The casinos can make up their own rules and anything that gives a player an edge over the casino is considered by the casino to be cheating.

Once Atlantic City authorities notified Las Vegas authorities, the employee's boss at the Board examined the employee's office computer and examined the records of payoffs the machines he had tested and found he and his friends and relatives had been hitting regular jackpots on the machines. This caused a real public relations headache for the Commission and for the casinos. Just the fact that an employee of the commission had been rigging slots for several years was bad enough. But then ABC-TV reported that the employee claimed that commissioners had abruptly stopped an investigation into rigged machines, and that they knew that the jackpot for the Megabucks statewide progressive slots could be triggered from the central computer center, and that several other companies were programming the slots to display illegal near misses. These were claims that should have been investigated immediately and vigorously, if only to maintain the appearance of an honest system. But they weren't.

License to Steal is fun to read as a collection of eccentric character sketches and descriptions of clever scams. But it's also disturbing. The Commission and Board members are all political appointees and the casino owners contribute to most of the political candidates. So when you drop a quarter in the slot and pull the lever (or more likely slip a $20 into the currency scanner and press the button), are you playing a fair game? Or would you rather not know the answer to that question?

LICENSE TO STEAL: NEVADA'S GAMING CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE MEGARESORT AGE. Gambling Studies Series

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LICENSE TO STEAL: NEVADA'S GAMING CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE MEGARESORT AGE. Gambling Studies Series
Jeff. Burbank
Manufacturer: Univ. of Nevada Press,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7G39W

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Good addition to the Hunter universe

Hunter-Book: Avenger (Hunter Book)

Manufacturer: White Wolf Games Studio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!.......2004-06-15

O.K. I like to play Avengers, This book lets me define them as more than a killing machine. New Powers too. You can mix them up so when you have a few Avengers around they aren't all copycats. Also the other ways of playing an Avenger are great to roleplay.

Good addition to the Hunter universe.......2000-02-05

The first of the Creed Books for Hunter: the Reckoning has a good mix of in-character rumors and philosophies and out-of-character rules and goodies (the new traits and edges are especially nice). Excellent insight into the Avengers of the WoD and worth a look by any Hunter STs and players.

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Get a first look at the programming enhancements in SQL Server 2005 that deliver new levels of application scalability and interoperability with less complexity. Database expert Peter DeBetta takes you inside the technology - demonstrating how you can wor

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SQL Reference.......2006-03-31

The book rocks. I found almost all that I needed easily. I give it "4 stars" instead of 5 only because it didn't have EVERYTHING I needed.

Dont waste your time.......2006-02-20

For me, time is more important than money but this book does not deserve your time as well as money.

Don't waste your money, or your time.......2006-02-01

From Esposito, Prosise, Richter, Balena...Since the days when MFC was new, I've grown to trust the Wintellect authors and learned to look forward to their take on the Microsoft products. Microsoft and Wintellect really dropped the ball on this one. Scattered Logic, Examples which don't work, lack of focus, where should I begin?

How about with the title. I don't know who the intended audience was...certainly not developers. Maybe purchasing departments? I found Mr. Debetta's writing style quite arrogant and it interfered significantly with any points he may have been trying to get accross. Rather than an introduction, I found it to be little more than an extended advertisement.

Mr. DeBetta clearly has a passion for XML. However, XML is just a small part of a developer's interest. Maybe next time he will step back and think about what developer's are looking for. Those of us out in the field trying to stay abreast of new technologies. We are NOT looking for ads, we ARE looking for solid leads on where to take our products. This book does not suffice.

I feel I've wasted too much time on this book. Spending any more on this review seems an excess.

This book stinks, period........2006-01-06

Old build, poor writing style, bad code = bad book.

Don't waste your money. Go buy a book from another publisher that teaches you about SQL Server 2005. Better yet, the product documentation is even better than this book!

MSPress, please get a better author.......2005-12-30

This book is a good idea: an intro book for SS2005 aimed at developers, but it is unfortunately not implemented very well. Firstly, the author obviously isn't a professional developer. The advice he gives is just plain bad much of the time. It belies a lack of experience designing and building database systems. Secondly, the book was written for one of the really early CTP versions. Much of it doesn't apply to the actual product released in November. Thirdly, the author writes with a mix of arrogance and incompetence that, while entertaining, doesn't belong in a book like this. MSPress: do yourself and us readers a favor and get a better author for the next version.

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