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...want to take anything away from the people who need it," he said about his tax proposals, "but if I have anything to give, I want to give it to the middle-income people." He believes the burdens of our society have grown disproportionately heavy for those in that bracket...
...purpose is to see how much control a skater has, how well he or she executes the fundamental techniques of the sport. In competition, three figures are used (they are often the counter, paragraph bracket and paragraph loop-see diagram). Each skater performs alone on the ice. Each may have some reference point in the rink-a pillar or sign-to help line up the dimensions of the figure, but the only reliable road maps are images programmed into sinew and synapses through years of etching the pattern in outlines of frost...
...past six years the number of deaths from heart disease in the 55-to-64-year age bracket declined 15%. But the group experienced a 4% rise in cancer deaths. In addition, there has been an increase in respiratory diseases, kidney and liver ailments and, particularly among the young, venereal disease...
...even worse off. Since he has taken most of his tax write-offs in the first year or two, his share of the profits in later years will be taxable. Added to his nonmovie income, those profits can lift him from the 50% into the 70% tax bracket...
...respectively, took it on the chin for the second time in as many outings. In New Haven, Yale kept pace with the Tigers and Bruins (all three sport unblemished marks of 2-0), brushing aside Colgate. Dartmouth and Cornell evened their seasonal marks, powering their way in the winners' bracket with a pair of non-league triumphs...