Word: benefitted
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Most of the debate over the two packages centers around which will most efficiently help those who are most in need. Both sides claim to have the winner. The virtue of the tax credit is the ease with which taxpayers can claim the benefit simply by answering another question or two on their tax forms. The benefits from the student-aid bill would only go to those who knew about the different federal programs and took the time to apply...
Many farm-state Senators and Congressmen muttered, perhaps unfairly, that Carter's policy was chiefly intended to benefit Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, which is the nation's biggest commercial sugar user, accounting for about 10% of annual U.S. consumption, and is headed by his longtime friend J. Paul Austin. At a Senate hearing, Louisiana Democrat Russell Long told Bergland, "I would call the existing sugar program a Coca-Cola program." Replied White House Aide Lynn Daft: "The Coca-Cola charge is an outrage." Still, in a July 7 memo to Carter, White House Assistant Stuart Eizenstat recommended that...
allocation of the globe's scarce resources, as well as material incentive for individual hard work and creativity. Instead of a noble "new man," capitalism offers only the "old man," whose self-interest in profit ?even though it may be condemned as greed?will ultimately benefit the commonweal. When assessed this way, it is no surprise that the capitalist reality can be made to sound less appealing than the socialist dream...
...that with sangfroid: "Only my sleep has been inhibited by the investigation in the past few days. My ability to function at the Federal Reserve won't be." In any case, he can now turn his attention to money supply, interest rates and the dollar, subjects that could benefit from the precision he demonstrated during the hearings...
...super lightweight, super strong materials are here. Made of plastics reinforced by extremely thin strands of carbon, they are already being used in everything from aircraft parts to golf clubs and tennis racquets. Industry planners also have their eyes on hundreds of other products that could benefit from the versatile materials. But now warning flags have been raised about a troublesome effect of the fibers in the superplastics. Federal officials are so concerned that they have quietly ordered a high-level inter-agency study to decide how to reduce the potential hazard...