Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...practical ethical judgments two things are uppermost in our minds: the degree of voluntariness and the degree of relevance involved. No doubt a good proportion of my taxes go into supporting the bombing of North Vietnam, but I do not hold myself responsible to any meaningful degree on this count for the simple reason that I am coerced into paying my taxes and, further, I have little say in how these coerced taxes are spent. Once I have made my protest and voted against the government I cease to be guilty on the grounds of paying taxes. It is possible...
...killing on both sides-on all sides-has gone on for years. Last week, by U.S. estimate, the total count of the military dead in Viet Nam since 1961 passed 1,000,000-45,703 Americans, 159,839 South Vietnamese, 4,875 other allied troops and 810,757 Communists. Yet still the war does not end, does not even show signs of ending...
...producing are all that precise as a guide to ITT's profitability. The company's earnings have benefited enormously from its acquisitions, particularly because ITT, like most conglomerates, uses the "pooling of interest" method of merger accounting. That allows a company that acquires another firm to count as its own all profits the acquired firm earns for the whole year, even if the acquisition is made late in the year. But how well have ITT's component companies done after they were acquired? That question is gaining importance now that ITT is legally prevented from buying...
...latest count, there are at least three dozen walled "total security" communities in the desert, beach and woodland areas of Southern California, and more are on the drawing boards. "Until about five years ago," says Los Angeles County Deputy Planning Director Frederick Barlow, "most subdividers wanted the county to maintain their streets. Now a majority of the subdivisions we are approving have private streets" (which entitles the communities to block off the streets with gates and guards...
...reservations, the varsity eight put together an excellent performance, achieving all the objectives that he had outlined during the previous week's practice. The Crimson succeeded in raising racing cadence to 34 strokes per minute, and the fast clocking was indicative of the successful transition to the higher count...