Word: consisting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like veterans of World War II, some enthusiasts advertise their discharge from the reproductive ranks by proudly wearing special vasectomy pins in their lapels. The pins consist of a circle with an arrow pointing up and away, the universal symbol for the male; the circle, like the vas, is severed...
...priority to a tough hold-down in Government spending in order to trim the deficits and avoid any net increase in federal taxes. Ronald Ziegler declared that "the President would not propose tax increases during his second term." That does not necessarily rule out some changes: tax reform could consist of a balanced package of increases and cuts, and White House Aide John Ehrlichman has put forth at least a semantic justification for VAT. If it led to local property-tax relief, said Ehrlichman, VAT would not be a tax increase but a "tax substitution...
...Nonpartisan Grove-come out almost identical. They are backed by board members who use, at this early stage in the forecasting season, a "back-of-the-envelope" approach. In percentage terms, the consensus prediction works out to about a 9.5% G.N.P. rise, of which 5.8% to 6.2% will consist of real growth of production rather than merely price boosts. This should lead to more money-in pay, profits, sales, commissions-for nearly everyone. Grove projects a 13% gain in pretax profits next year; Eckstein says 16% after taxes...
...movement to Consist--the impending John F. Kennedy Library Center--is transforming the area. Already a shopping mall is rising next to Holyoke Center, acrylics are replacing brick storefronts, rents are rising out of sight, and soil experts are boring into the Common and MBTA yard. And much more is coming...
...substantial part of the activities" of such an organization may consist of "carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation...