Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Taxation: "We advocate maintenance of the national credit by a Federal budget annually balanced . . . within revenues raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay." The phrase "ability to pay" is a meaningless political weasel used to avoid taking a definite position on such hot issues as the Sales Tax, a broader income tax or higher surtaxes...
...President-elect Eusebim Ayala of Paraguay did his best to avoid war with Bolivia in the disputed region of Gran Chaco where sniping between Paraguayan and Bolivian outposts goes on year after year (TIME...
...Farmers National has always been able to buy & sell, it lost its clearing privileges when its subsidiary, Updike Grain Co., a member of the Board of Trade's affiliated clearing corporation, was suspended because its officers were charged with swearing false affidavits of ownership (TIME, June 6).* To avoid paying commissions to other members of the clearing corporation for handling their settlements, Farmers National applied for the privilege of settling its heavy transactions itself, was refused membership in the clearing corporation because of the Board's ruling prohibiting corporations (as against partnerships with unlimited liability) which were...
...Twice a year I have its Roentgen-picture taken, to avoid surprises. The last time such a picture was taken was on Dec. 3 last. The picture reveals that my heart is 10 mm. longer in one direction and 10 mm. narrower in the other than the hearts of fully normal people of my age, but otherwise it does not show anything out of the common or wonderful...
...Fourthly, pending negotiation at a later date of a new commercial treaty between their two countries, they will avoid any action in the nature of discrimination by one country against the interests of the other...