Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ford's tax reduction would give more relief to middle-and high-income individuals than those in lower brackets (see chart). Because he intends to abandon the recently enacted "earned-income credit"-which reduces the tax bill or provides an actual rebate for families earning less than $8,000 a year -Ford would in effect raise taxes for some poor families. His plan would also...
...overcoming death." The Two expect to be assassinated sometime soon, rise from the dead in 3½ days and then leave for home in a UFO. The faithful can come along, provided they have completed an "overcoming process"-a stripping away of all earthly possessions and desires. Converts abandon everything they own, except camping gear and cars, and hit the road. They live a spartan existence, renounce sex entirely-and wait...
...special faculty committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recommended last week that the Institute abandon the semester system and switch to a quarterly calendar...
...militants from the "rejection front," which is opposed to a negotiated settlement with Israel. They telephoned their demands to a Spanish news agency. Describing the Sinai accord as "treason against the Egyptian people," they said they would kill their hostages if Sadat did not repudiate the Sinai agreement and abandon implementation talks on the accord that are underway in Geneva. The Iraqi and Algerian ambassadors, later joined by those from Jordan and Kuwait, rushed to help their captive colleague. They communicated with the terrorists by passing notes under a door...
...Answer. Butte's few remaining boosters have not been able to come up with any realistic answer to the city's dilemma. If Anaconda were to abandon its operations in Butte and lay off its 3,000 employees there, the economic impact on the city would be devastating. Searching for a solution, the leaders of twelve Butte companies formed a nonprofit organization to look into the possibility of relocating the threatened business district, and even found three suitable sites on the flatlands south and west of the city. But they have been unable to figure...