Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over the counter in October at $42. The Johnsons will pay only a 25% capital-gains tax on profits from the sale. Georgia-Pacific got nearly 1 billion feet of timber worth $24 million at current market prices. It will also take over the Johnson company's excess-profits tax base of $2,000,000, will thus be able to keep a bigger chunk of future profits. Better still, Georgia-Pacific picked up the $6,375,000 in cash and bonds in the Johnson company's till, thus cutting its actual outlay by a third...
...Excess Profits. In El Paso, Bartender Rafael Ruiz asked cops to look for a man who came into the tavern, asked for a $10 bill in exchange for ten $1 bills, then gave Ruiz back the $10 bill and the ten $1 bills in exchange for a $20 bill...
...martyr to what Robert Benchley described as dendrophilism, which might be described as tree-tickling. Groucho takes excellent care of himself: he plays golf, never has more than two drinks at a party, and always leaves at midnight, even parties where he is the host. His only excess is cigars. One of his favorite occupations is sit ting for long hours in his den strumming Gilbert & Sullivan (at which he is an expert) on his guitar. He is also an expert on the novels of Henry James. Having had hardly any for mal education, Groucho, by dint of greedy reading...
...contract, Empire had claimed that Government representatives persuaded it to develop facilities to build B-17 bomber struts. It gave up after making only five sets. When McHale got the settlement from the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement, the Government promptly seized the money to cover excess-profits taxes that Empire owed on other war contracts. Now McHale is seeking, directly from the Government, a $93,500 fee for his legal work...
...responsible countries, not related to you by blood or alliance, qualified to give precise information about you. 4) Are you suffering from any serious troubles? (Political? Mental? Epidemic?). 5) May I consider that during the course of the past twelve months none among you has drunk alcoholic liquor to excess? Oui? Non?" In case some might think him anti-American, Daninos explained: "I am nothing but a damned individualist who would not seek the tiniest louse on the head of the United States if they would not try to find one on mine...