Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...behind the arrangements for the Tercentenary may be had when it is realized that for two full years preparations have been going on for a celebration less than three months long. Knowing the nature of the work ahead and the inevitable problems that would arise, the corporation loaded the burden upon the capable shoulders of Jerome D. Greene...
...cases at Buffalo fortnight ago, one of his lustiest blows was aimed at New Deal taxation. "If the major portion of the Government's income," he orated, "is obtained from indirect and hidden taxes-taxes upon such things as food, clothing, gasoline and cigarets-then the main burden falls upon those of small income...
...pays for his fair share and knows just how much the Government is costing him. ... On the other hand, if the major portion of the Government's income is obtained from indirect and hidden taxes- taxes upon such things as food, clothing, gasoline and cigarets-then the main burden falls upon those of small income...
...younger generations of the other lines the affliction seems to be lessening its burden. But Drs. Hauser and Weller grimly warn: "This may be more apparent than real. Not until the full effect of age becomes known in the third and fourth generations can this be known...
...autumn Amoskeag's visible doom had aroused both State and City to consultations. Governor Bridges' textile committee pointed out that one of the immediate reasons for Amoskeag's inability to do business was a heavy burden of fixed charges. Applying for a 77B reorganization in December, Treasurer Dumaine proposed to lighten this load by getting holders of Amoskeag's outstanding $11,000,000 in bonds to exchange them for stock. Nearly half the bondholders, however, chose to take cash instead of new securities-more cash than the company could pay. The March flood completed Amoskeag...