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Though the whole process was one of mute foreboding, like a visit to a dentist or a piano teacher, the average citizen held still for the frisk and sometimes even managed a wan smile. By dint of withholding and pay-as-you-go plans, the government usually had his tax money by March anyhow. And this year, because of tax law changes in 1948, he could experience a temporary and spurious elation-of approximately 50 million taxpayers (5,000,000 fewer than last year's record total), 80% would get rebates...
Correspondents knew what to expect when, on the day before the signing, Greek porters unloaded cartons and crates of Arabic goodies, obviously for a celebration, from a DC-3 that had flown in from Cairo. Historic Beersheba, crossroads of the Negeb desert, had been the last stumbling block. By dint of arms, the Jews had Beersheba, and they believed it indispensable as a base for their desert reclamation projects. Before Seif edDin would give it up formally, he had to fly to Cairo for his government's consent. If he got consent, he told the correspondents, he would bring...
...Varsity system of cuts from the guards and pushshots from the foul line vicinity worked poorly all evening, and most of the Crimson points came by dint of individual effort and Tiger defensive lapses...
...dint of this wild thinking, and because she lived in what may become known as the era of American brassiere-worship, Frances Lillian Mary Ridste became a motion-picture star...
...show was heralded by mimeographed programs distributed through the Yard late in the morning, proclaiming 8--count 'em--8 animal contestants, and listing their dubious pedigrees. Among the entries was Lucky Pierre--Out of Breath by Dint of Toil...