Word: buy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rent control--specifically Proposition 1-2-3--with some candidates calling for an overhaul of the rent control ordinance and others seeking to refine its mechanics. Proposition 1-2-3 would give families who have lived in rent control units for two or more years an option to buy the unit, and councillors and candidates alike say the proposal will draw sharp criticism in the coming months...
...will throng the news-stands this week want to look at women's bodies. So why don't they buy one of the many truly smutty magazines available? Surely they yield more satisfaction for the dollar...
That kind of ID is easily forged by out-of-state buyers. "People come into a gun shop with a Virginia driver's license, and the ink is barely dry," laments George N. Metcalf, Assistant U.S. Attorney in Richmond. "They buy half a dozen guns with cash, get into a car with New York license plates, and they are gone." Some gunrunners prefer to hire one or more "straw buyers," local Southerners paid as little as $100 for the use of their legitimate IDs to make the purchases. Through such means, gun smugglers often buy a dozen weapons or more...
...incentive allows a company sponsoring an ESOP to deduct not only the interest on the loan to buy stock for the plan but also the principal. Another tax break gives banks and other lenders a 50% deduction on their income from ESOP loans, which enables them to charge lower interest rates to companies that borrow for such programs. "These are the kinds of tax incentives that corporate owners dream of," says ESOP expert Joseph Blasi of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo...
...killer sprays a schoolyard with gunfire, police wage an arms race with trigger-happy criminals, and frightened citizens flock to buy firearms...