Word: defers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Black September gang by force. The decision not to trade off prisoners was up to Israel alone. Although the confrontation was in Germany, the hostages were Jews and the West Germans bear such a psychological burden of guilt from the past that they felt that they had to defer to Israel. Jerusalem intervened early in the decision-making with telephone calls, cables-and the dispatch of two high Israeli intelligence officers who sat in with the West German government officials from about 2 p.m. until the end. Mrs. Meir later shared the burden with the West Germans, publicly thanking them...
Would ABC bow to low ratings results and the wishes of many of its affiliates by canceling the Dick Cavett Show? Or would it defer to the argument by Cavett's highly vocal following that the show was a late-night oasis of wit and intelligence that should not be forced to compete for a mass public? For months that has been the big question in the TV industry...
...that the oil lobby is keeping us in Southeast Asia. To be sure, the American corporate state created Richard Nixon, but the monster has been set loose: he and his tiny coterie of advisors, and they alone, are responsible for the continued insanity. And although they might in fact defer on occasion to the corporate princes, they are deaf to the opinions of the American people...
...whole, ITT and its subsidiaries reported federal income tax liability of between $67 million and $70 million for each of the past three years. By taking advantage of complex tax provisions that allow corporations to depreciate equipment much faster than it actually wears out, ITT was able to defer much of its tax bill until future years. Last year it deferred some $64 million in taxes, presumably a hefty share of them federal income taxes. Such deferrals give ITT use of the money to seek new profits, in effect providing the corporation with an interest-free loan. However, even...
...capital goods faster than they actually lose value. Estimated revenue gain: $3 billion annually. In addition, both the Nelson bill and the Muskie paper call for an end to the DISC program (for Domestic International Sales Corporation), which allows companies to set up special firms to handle exports and defer taxes indefinitely on some of their profits...