Word: breaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even talk about fairness. Almost no one disputes that most of the benefit of the proposed tax break for capital gains -- profits from the sale of investment assets such as stocks and real estate -- would go to people with incomes of more than $200,000 a year, or that the average person in that pleasant category would save $25,000 a year in taxes. The dispute is whether this break (which has passed the House and is currently stalled in the Senate) would be so good for the economy that we would all prosper from it, making resistance on fairness...
True? The answer to that is another question: Do you believe in free-market capitalism? Do you think the best recipe for prosperity is minimum Government interference in the economy? Devotees of the capital-gains break usually claim to be enthusiastic free-marketeers. Let us take them at their word. Does the capital-gains break make sense from a free-market point of view...
Mills scored at the 86:06 mark on assists by Nick D'Onofrio and Brian Enge to break the 2-2 tie and close out Harvard's season. The Crimson finished the year with a 7-8 record. Brown fell...
After a week of triumph (Harvard pummeled Lowell, 10-0, last Monday) and disappointment (Harvard lost the Ivy League championship game to Brown, 2-1, in overtime last Wednesday), you'd think that this team is ready for a long break...
...Valentine's Day is a time when we really need a party," she said. "It's always so stressful. Either you make the huge statement or you have to break up. Or you feel like Charlie Brown without a date. We want this to be something where everyone can come and dance and do their own thing...