Word: effective
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only in 1967 did Tennessee's legislature repeal its anti-evolution law. And in two other states-Arkansas and Mississippi-similar statutes remain in effect...
...painted "naked" pictures. That is to say, he covers rectangles of metal, canvas or paper with white paint and then, instead of framing them or stretching them, he mounts them as close to the wall as he can get them, sometimes stapling them directly to the plaster. The effect is unnerving. The wall seems to have developed a gaping hole...
...finally decides on, Nixon will then have the difficult job of selling them on Capitol Hill. Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, warned early in the campaign that he would oppose elimination of the surtax "unless additional, very stringent economies are placed in effect." Mills takes an even dimmer view of the President-elect's pet scheme to offer private enterprise tax incentives for tackling pollution control, ghetto job training and slum rebuilding. He argues that such tax breaks would result in "a very material reduction in federal revenue," and flatly predicts that...
...plot, a simplistic, sun-filled narrative of wedded bliss. The highlight of Helga is the birth of a baby, shot straight on in gaseous color. The scene, filmed at a university clinic, has all the craftsmanship of an Army training short, but it does have an undeniable effect on audiences. "The reaction everywhere is the same," confides a publicist for the film. "As soon as the head of the baby appears from a wave of blood, 90% of the spectators turn their heads away. And when the obstetrician cuts the umbilical cord, people faint regularly...
...federal income taxes to expire next summer-or at least to reduce it substantially. That promise may have made obvious political sense at the time, but the economic wisdom of cutting taxes is not nearly so clear. Only belatedly does the surcharge seem to be having the desired effect of cooling off the economy. As one piece of evidence that the tax is finally working, the Federal Reserve Board reported last week that the U.S. money supply grew by only 4.5% during the third quarter, barely half as fast as the quarter before. Also, the Commerce Department reported that retail...