Word: arens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Question 1 will not solve the ultimate problem of property taxes: That they are regressive (that is, they aren't scaled according to income, so that elderly people on fixed incomes are increasingly driven out of their homes because they can't afford to pay the taxes). Nor will Question 1 cut property taxes, as long as localities have come to depend on property taxes to finance the essential services like police, fire protection, and schools. The real answer to the burden of property taxes will only come when the state passes a graduated income tax and uses the proceeds...
...often reminds the pragmatist adult of the course his own conscience would have him take. When contemplating courses of action we parents often think, "Will I be able to explain this to my son or daughter?", as well as "Will I be comfortable with myself afterwards?". Realizing their consciences aren't as tempered by the necessities of everyday life, we incorporate their perspective in making our judgements...
...Crimson can still win the championship, provided it wins the last three games of the season while Brown and Dartmouth lose two out of three. But those aren't really pep-rally-inspiring odds...
...vague," Torrens said of the proposed fund drive. "We aren't clear on how the money will fit into the future blueprint of the school; we need to know where the school's going and what the money's for," he said...
...Weill's brooding, often harsh music--so evocative of Weimar Germany's rotten core--that fixes The Threepenny Opera's world of human iniquity and mortality in the audience's mind. Maybe it's just a case of the fascination of the grotesque: the songs aren't beautiful, but you don't forget them...