Word: brackets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Salesman Hammer reported that he was all but swamped by a new buying wave. War contractors, he said, their wallets abulge with flat money they could not spend on Lincolns or Frigidaires, were investing heavily in the Hearst and other treasures. Most sales were in the $75 to $100 bracket. Most purchases were of antique firearms and vast oil paintings in outsize gold frames. But there was brisk trading in the Hearst antique paneled rooms (complete with fireplaces and window casements) at $598 to $19,049. And Mr. Hammer had hustled down to Gimbels' groaning floor, and confidently expected...
According to the release, "great variance was indicated in avoirdupois, there being no preponderance of any one bracket." For the records, 60 per cent are between 105 and 127 pounds in "avoirdupois...
...Share of total U.S. Share of tax bill Income Bracket Income after Taxes for each Group $ 0-3,000 65.2% 26.0% 3,000-5,000 19.5% 26.4% 5,000-10,000 8.6% 20.5% Over...
...FELL DOWN DEAD - Virginia Perdue - Crime Club ($2). The suspenseful tale of a young bride's discovery that her handsome and plausible husband - a California quack doctor - is a proper target for murder. Exciting, convincing and an excellent job of writing, in the same bracket with Francis Iles's Before the Fact...
...afford to be offhand about his business-and to turn down dizzying Manhattan and Hollywood offers. When his clients ask him why he does not open more shops, he merely drawls: "What for? I'm in the wrong income bracket...