Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press conference, Carter said that "in 1978, there will be substantial tax reductions and combined with that will be an adequate proposal for tax reform." Unfortunately, he felt compelled to add that the tax reform would be "comprehensive." That only muddied the waters, for many a businessman concluded that meant the President would persist in his hopes to eliminate or sharply reduce preferential tax treatment for capital gains, and a number of other benefits...
...junkie who neither smokes nor drinks and who cultivated the look of a conservative businessman, Barnes had shielded himself so carefully behind the layers of his organization that it was virtually impossible to trace drug sales back to him. None of his cars or his several homes and apartments are registered in his name. In 1973, after placing him under round-the-clock surveillance for eight months, local authorities managed to arrest him only on a weapons charge-but the charges were dismissed. On one occasion, Barnes playfully led his police tails on a wild-goose chase through Harlem, making...
...Sadat's success, the Saudis bluntly turned down an Egyptian plea to bless his proposed Cairo summit publicly. One reason: despite some earlier evidence to the contrary, Saudi officials insist that they were not consulted beforehand about Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. After all, a Jeddah businessman observed, "before going into a major venture you should always consult your banker." Sadat kept quiet and simply gambled that his credit would still be good...
...there are certain things that women of left, right and center ardently support. Even those who do not consider themselves feminists are unwilling to accept unequal treatment under the law and more and more will fight all discrimination against them. The banker who refuses mortgages to women or the businessman who consistently rejects women who apply for management jobs stands to incur not only women's wrath but also a lawsuit...
...Death of Justina," a businessman must ask the mayor of his community for a secret exception to zoning laws because his cousin Justina is dying in a ward where death is illegal...