Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other five of every 100 taxpayers there were other benefits. The optional standard deduction was switched from a flat $500 to 10% of net income (so long as it does not exceed $1,000). Thus, the $8,000-a-year man could list $800 for deductions if he does not choose to itemize them. A bigger saving was in a new allowance after the tax has been computed. For the last two years, this has been a flat 5%. In the new schedules, this subtraction would be 17% on the first $400 of tax, 12% on the rest...
...office, he has flown to Rio and Buenos Aires, swum ashore from a capsized rowboat on a south Chilean lake, and crash-dived aboard a U.S. submarine off Valparaiso. In his fancy presidential DC-3, he has visited so many local fairs that Chileans are sure his travels already exceed those of all his predecessors put together. Their nickname for their traveling President: "Don Gavion" (Mr. Airplane...
...budget for 50 campers and 20-odd staff members for six weeks is $8000. The N.S.A. groups hope to exceed that figure in money and gifts of supplies to carry on for eight weeks, doubling the number of campers in two tour-week periods...
...Humason have clocked a nebula about 250 million light-years away that seems to be moving at 26,000 miles per second, more than one-eighth the speed of light. They have glimpsed nebulae twice as far away. If the nebulae continue, on & on into space, they will eventually exceed the relativistic speed limit. Therefore, argue the critics, something is wrong with the speed-distance rule...
...response to recent queries about VA supply purchases, the College Counsellor for Veterans has disclosed that student expenditures must not exceed the regular $500 per year limit, including tuition...