Word: brackets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...singles bracket, Harvard's top freshman prospect, Bill Stanley, trounced first-seeded Ted Farnsworth of Princeton before losing in the finals to Yale's Martin Wostenholme in three sets...
...entitlement" programs, such as pensions, welfare and veterans' benefits, would be held down to a figure three percentage points below the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Thus if prices rose, say, 5%, spending on these programs would be increased only 2%. Similarly, the indexing of income tax brackets scheduled to take effect in 1985 would be modified. Under present law, if prices rise 5%, a taxpayer's income would have to rise more than 5% before he was pushed into a higher tax bracket. Under the bipartisan bills even a 2% increase would cause many...
...party rule now seems all but inevitable. Yet Mugabe, who describes himself as a Marxist, has offered intriguing hints that he will not create a Communist-style state. Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero has imposed a tough new budget that includes not only higher taxes for upper-bracket incomes, but also an unprecedented "lower level" tax of 2% on all incomes above $100 a month. The pragmatic measures are aimed at reducing Zimbabwe's budget deficit, which was more than $600 million last year...
Connors' departure brought attention to the less familiar skills of 16th-seeded American Tim Mayotte, unseeded New Zealander Chris Lewis and Curren on one side of the bracket, while John McEnroe (No. 2 seed) and Ivan Lendl (3) fought it out rather tamely on the other. Lendl has a slight allergy and tremendous aversion to grass and actually skipped Wimbledon last year. But at 23, he appears ready to confront McEnroe, 24, on every surface from here on out. This is the next great tennis argument and they should be years settling it. Each man likes the other about...
...main appeal of the flexible programs is tax savings. Employees who opt for child care or other services may receive them in place of higher salaries. But since the benefits are not considered taxable income, the workers are not pushed into a higher tax bracket...