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Income Tax by Country, 2004

Country Single person without children One-earner family with two children Australia 24.3% 24.3% Austria 10.8 8.1 Belgium 26.6 15.2 Canada 17.8 13.…

2004 Baseball Coming Attractions

Philadelphia (NL): Citizens Bank Park (Citizens Bank is the title sponsor) officially opened on April 12 for the Phillies home-opening 4-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The baseballonly, grass-field…

Kydland, Finn Erling

(Encyclopedia) Kydland, Finn Erling, 1943–, Norwegian economist, Ph.D Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1973. He has taught at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (since 1973),…

Martin, Micheál

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Micheál, 1960–, Irish political leader. He briefly taught history before being elected (1985) to the Cork local government, and served (1992–93) as lord mayor of the city. A…

Ansip, Andrus

(Encyclopedia) Ansip, Andrus, 1956–, Estonian political leader. Ansip was an engineer (1979–83) before becoming an official of the Tartu district committee of the Estonian Communist party (1986–88).…

Ruscha, Ed

(Encyclopedia) Ruscha, Ed (Edward Joseph Ruscha 4th)Ruscha, Edr&oomacr;shāˈ [key], 1937–, American artist, b. Omaha, Neb. He is closely associated with Los Angeles, where he moved to attend (1956…

Shostakovich, Dmitri

(Encyclopedia) Shostakovich, DmitriShostakovich, Dmitridyĭmēˈtrē shŏstŏkôˈvĭch [key], 1906–75, Russian composer, b. St. Petersburg. Shostakovich studied at the Leningrad Conservatory (1919–25). The…

Kerry, John Forbes

(Encyclopedia) Kerry, John Forbes, 1943–, U.S. politician, b. Denver, grad. Yale, 1966, Boston College law school, 1976. A decorated navy veteran who served two tours in Vietnam after graduating from…

Simitis, Costas

(Encyclopedia) Simitis, Costas (Konstantinos Georgiou Simitis)Simitis, Costaskôˈstəs sĭmētˈĭs, kônˌstäntēˈnôs gāôrˈgy&oomacr; [key], 1936–, Greek politician and premier (1996–2004), b. Athens.…