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...attitude will be put to the test later today when it battles top-ranked San Diego St. at 7:30 p.m. Like the Davis team, the San Diego squad is an unknown entity. Finally, Harvard will conclude its round-robin first round Saturday against the only team in its bracket which it has faced before--eighth-ranked Brown. The Crimson has beaten Brown in the team's past three meetings...
...Texas millionaire in 1981, at the dawn of the Reagan/Bush era, was in the 70% marginal tax bracket. Of the next $1,000 he earned, $700 went to the Federal Government. Today he's in the 28% tax bracket...
...contrast, the rich Texan's plumber, self-employed and earning $30,000, was in about the 40% marginal tax bracket. Of the next $1,000 he earned, $400 went to the government -- $100 or so to Social Security, $300 to income tax. Today he's in the 43% bracket...
...sold, unlike interest and dividends, which are taxed every year. An ideal free-market tax system would leave an investor indifferent between, say, a savings account paying 10% a year and a stock expected to rise 10% a year. But tax-free compounding means that, for a top- bracket taxpayer the after-tax profit on the stock will be 45% bigger after 20 years...
...team of DeLone and Cooper, seeded sixth in the doubles bracket, is also considered a good threat to take the tourney crown. The two posted a 7-4 record this fall...