Word: brackets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President Ford's proposed graduated tax cut would be greater in varying degrees for almost everyone in the $25,000-or-under bracket...
...feeling was that the particular feeling that men seem to be talking about had to do with people in a privileged situation with a great many expectations for themselves and expectations that other people had for them, and people in a certain age bracket. Maybe there are problems of intimacy for men of 45, but they don't react the same...
...fall in the stock market has hit brokers with all the force of the potato famine, while many middle managers, in the 40-plus age bracket and the $25,000-to-$40,000 income bracket, are among the first to be squeezed out when their companies are in trouble. A younger man, their bosses believe, can do much the same work for half...
There are, however, other long-term factors at work that seem to guarantee a significant Soviet role in the Middle East for years to come. The Soviets have been redoubling their diplomatic efforts in the Arab states that bracket Egypt: Libya, Syria and Iraq. Egypt and Syria still depend upon the Soviet Union for military supplies, and spare parts for current equipment will dictate a relatively close relationship for some time...
...construction of low-and middle-income housing-and discovered that it would have to pay 8% or more to sell them. That is all the more astounding considering that interest on these loans is exempt from federal income taxes. For a lender who is in the 50% income-tax bracket, an 8% yield on a tax-exempt note is equal to a 16% rate on a taxable loan. Outraged, the state agency withdrew the notes from the market...