Word: benefitted
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...nearer $6.4 billion than $7 billion?and of this, homeowners will get a collective saving of only $2.3 billion. The rest will go to owners of rented residential property ($1.2 billion) and commercial and industrial property ($2.9 billion). The state's ten largest utilities and railroads alone will benefit by $400 million next year; in addition, Standard Oil figures to benefit by $13.1 million and Lockheed by $9.5 million...
...might be expected, there are differing opinions between Israelis and West Bankers on what the occupation has meant economically to the region. Foreign economists conclude that both sides benefit, though Israel comes out ahead. The West Bank buys 91% of its imports from Israel, while it sells only 65% of its exports in return. Nearly half of the West Bank's 90,000 workers hold jobs in Israel, but they are often in areas that Israelis shun such as garbage collection, day labor and construction. Moreover, they receive, on the average, 81% of the wages Israelis...
...holding another society hostage." Uri Avneri, editor of the Tel Aviv weekly magazine Ha 'olam Hazeh, is even more outspoken. "The occupation is an unmitigated disaster for Israel. The fact that the Palestinians remain without their dignity poses a greater danger to Israeli security than any long-range benefit Israel could have from the military side of things...
...Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Bob Packwood that would allow parents to deduct up to $500 from their income tax for every child they had in college or private school. The White House claims that the credit would cost the Government too much in lost revenues and would benefit the rich as well as the poor. But the tax-credit plan has great political appeal. Last week the House voted 237 to 158 for a tuition tax credit of up to $250 for each student in college and up to $100 for each student in a private secondary school. Carter...
...long term, the trend away from corporate nomadism may benefit the companies as much as executives and their families. For one thing, the cost of moving is huge; the average bill for a transfer is $16,000?and rising. More important, an executive who wants to stay put will probably work harder just to qualify for promotion on the spot ?rather than having to move elsewhere for advancement...