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Lufthansa's passenger business itself took a dip early in the week, falling about 10% below normal in London, for example. But some passengers were determined to fly Lufthansa. Said an indignant Hamburg matron: "I won't give those terrorist dirt the satisfaction of having scared me away...
What does all of this mean? Nothing really, save for the fact that it is at least mildly depressing for the seniors on this year's team to realize that the football program has taken a linear equation-like dip during their time in Cambridge...
...Lance's income this year will not cover his expenses, he will have to scrape up more money. In January he said he had $325,000 in cash, but presumably he has had to dip into that. The Lances have already put up for sale their Atlanta mansion, named Butterfly Manna, at an unrealistic price of $2 million (purchase price...
...arouse the most opposition-is the use of general tax revenues to fund the system. Until now, Social Security has been financed solely by payroll taxes, on the theory that it is an insurance plan, not an income transfer plan. Under the Carter program, the Social Security system would dip into ordinary tax revenues -which come mostly from business and personal income taxes-if the unemployment rate rises above 6%. When it does, the amount that is considered "lost" to the system because of reduced payroll taxes would be made up with money from general revenues. This device...
...probably not a good idea to read The Book of Lists at a single sitting. Dip into it instead. When you need to know "Amy Wallace's 13 Favorite Dinner Guests from All History" in a hurry, the book will be there, waiting...