Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appeared to like this idea. He said Secretary Mellon was "eternally right" in saying that lower surtaxes would yield more revenue. He wanted much lower inheritance taxes?say, 15% instead of 40% maximum?but did not think they should be abolished. He wanted a board created to clear up ancient tax cases from 1916 and 1917 "with an axe if need be." He wanted salaries of $10,000 a year and a long term of office for officials who had to make important tax case decisions?to dignify their office. He suggested a short cut: that, in place...
...rest for two years. There has been singularly little excitement at the news that he is finally to see the light of day. When his tomb was first discovered, front page stories ran riot. Feminine accessories at once took on an Egyptian character which might have made an ancient Egyptian ill but was good enough to satisfy the public. Vaudeville actors and professional funny men took as many liberties with "King Tut" as they ever did with prohibition. It was a glorious time for the Rameses family while it lasted...
...clipping bureau has to content itself with a brief notice culled from among the news of debutante dances and stock reports. Unacquainted with modern psychology, this hopelessly old-fashioned Pharaoh bungled his entrance. His fame preceded his person and died so long ago that it is now even more ancient than himself. It is too bad they did not have expert publicity agents in old Egypt...
...That ancient institution which we call a Court is really the supreme and basic invention of all civilization. It is the only device which has been found to work to prevent war when quarrels became acute. Without it, civilization itself would soon disappear; in fact, it could never have existed. It is the Court which everywhere has kept peace and this has been true in ever-widening circles. Even our humblest Court is that of the "Justice of the Peace...
...keep peace within the family was not enough. As population grew and families crowded each other it was necessary to keep peace between the families in order that clusters of families might live together in a community or village. The justice of peace, or his equivalent in ancient civilization was the second step in the institution of Courts...