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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (168239)	8/7/2001 12:35:40 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Actually, UT is very competitive, as is Berkeley. I think you do not realize what you are saying. I once worked in College Admissions, at a Prep School, and we got many into Harvard, but the more competitive state schools were tough. Westi

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (168239)	8/7/2001 12:55:44 AM
From: calgal	Respond to of 769670

He was smart enough to keep the lights on in Texas, vs. my home state, California.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (168239)	8/7/2001 6:48:09 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

He was not a legacy at Harvard, and the UT Law School was one of the most competitive in the country, very likely more competitive than the MBA program (which was relatively new) at Harvard.........

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (168239)	8/7/2001 8:55:37 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Corrupt unions to be audited by IRS for failing to report campaign expenditures: Unions Don't Cite Political Funds Government Documents Indicate Unions Fail to Report Political Funds on Tax Forms By JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eager to help Democrats, unions have spent millions on TV ads and voter guides portraying the party favorably, and worked neighborhoods to get voters to the polls. But they routinely report zero political expenses to the IRS, a review of union documents shows. IRS officials told The Associated Press that it appeared the unions were obliged to disclose at least some of the activities on their tax forms. Failure to report taxable political expenses can result in back taxes and fines for tax-exempt organizations like unions.... The documents, which otherwise would not be public, detail how tens of millions of dollars in workers' dues were spent on activities designed to defeat Republicans or elect labor-friendly Democrats in 1996. For instance, a document laying out Democratic activities in North Carolina to be approved and partly funded by unions stated a clear mission: ``We seek to: re-elect President Bill Clinton, re-elect Gov. Jim Hunt, elect Harvey Gantt to the Senate ... win back at least two seats if not the majority in our state's congressional delegation.'' Clinton, Hunt and Gantt are all Democrats. The AFL-CIO trained about 50 Democratic congressional candidates, arming them with materials to help them better communicate with unions and women voters. And several unions pooled their money for a $2.7 million program called the ``96 Project.'' Internal project documents said the goal was to influence the national debate over congressional Republicans' ``Contract With America'' and to ``hold individual members of Congress accountable'' for their support of that agenda. The unions also ran millions of dollars of so-called issue ads in congressional districts where they hoped to defeat Republicans. The ads portrayed GOP policies as bad and Democratic alternatives as better. Republicans are ``after Medicare again,'' said one ad that ran around the time of the 1996 presidential nominating conventions. The IRS' Miller said documents indicating that the unions' intent was to help Democrats win suggest those expenses should have been disclosed to the IRS. biz.yahoo.com Now that it's in the press, the IRS must audit.