Word: asset
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cattle is considered an asset that can be depreciated over a relatively short period; the expenses of raising herds are fully deductible, and long-term profits are taxed as capital gains at a top of 25% . Among the part-time beef barons are Jack Benny, Greer Garson, Gene Autry, Dinah Shore, Stewart Granger, Hunt Oil Co. and the Mormon Church...
Cassius steps into the ring tonight with one asset, speed, and one equalizer, size. On Sonny's side of the ledger are strength, reach, experience, offensive power, defensive skill, and if he even needs it, the psychological edge of the invincible...
...declares that if present trends continue, cities will become the homes of only the very rich and the very poor. Moreover, they will lose their "most important asset," variety, as they are divided uniformly into industrial, office and apartment ghettos. This fear seems absurdly exaggerated, especially when Blake sneers at Lincoln Center as a cultural ghetto...
...credits their exhaustive training with producing minds that "operate with a rapidity and lucidity that is the envy of their colleagues." In any major capital of the world, invitations to French embassy affairs are valued above all others, and the French display what may be their greatest diplomatic asset-supreme elegance. The Quai has, of course, failures as well as successes. Some embassies are shockingly bad, especially those heavily manned by former colonial officers who retain a colonial mentality...
...Fabbris have branched into other countries and have also begun to publish some volumes whole, but the installment principle remains their biggest asset. Last month they brought out an installment version of an art encyclopedia in Britain, and last week in Italy they introduced a "House and Kitchen" encyclopedia. Though even runaway bestsellers seldom draw as many as 50,000 buyers in Italy, the Fabbris are currently selling 1,000,000 installments a week, including 300,000 copies of The Divine Comedy. Issued at the rate of one canto a week for 100 weeks, the full series will cost...