Word: conned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Government bonds, etc. to a 20% withholding tax; 2) offer tax deduc tions of up to 7% for business investment in machinery and other productive equip ment, 3% for public utilities; 3) require that expenditures for entertainment, amusement and recreation be deductible only if directly related to the active con duct of a trade or business; 4) tighten up tax regulations for mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, coops, and Americans investing or living abroad...
...What Buttons to Push." Under con tract terms, Buckley will produce one column weekly, entitled "A Conservative Voice," for Sunday publication. The voice of conservatism is delighted at the chance to holler for his cause. "Conservatism," says he, "is very much alive and getting more so all the time. It's a marvelous reaction against the welfare state. Cuba, Belgrade and Russian testing enhanced the trend. So does Kennedy, who doesn't have the remotest idea of what to do, what buttons to push in that wonderful technical apparatus he is heading. And before long that liberal monopoly...
...fact, Nim is more of a trap than a game. The canny con man, with all the possible combinations locked in his head, graciously allows his victim to go first (see diagram). Since Nim's starting setup (7-5-3-1) is a winning combination itself, whoever tampers with it (i.e., the player who makes the first move) is doomed. But even if the wily match-sharp, out of courtesy or cunning, should agree to move first in an occasional game, he can still save the day by resorting to the memorized combinations as soon as the proper situation...
...know of no country that has brought off successfully a really thorough reform of the school system without making use of some na tional standard that sets scholastic objectives." Rickover's idea is anathema to those who feel that national standards would lead straight to crippling "federal con trol" and kill the freedom of U.S. schools to compete and experiment as they please...
...stalwart outdoorsmen ski, explore caves, climb rocks, go mountaineering in the winter, and canoe; they are con stantly seeking now members to jeta them in their merriment...