Word: exemption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state commissions will this fall begin investigating the possibility of subsidies to municipalities such as Cambridge which have a large population of tax-exempt educational institutions, but a top city official is pessimistic about the chances that the proposal will ever be adopted...
Harvard and MIT own the bulk of the 52 percent of Cambridge land that is tax-exempt, Healy said. The two institutions annually make approximately $1 million in-lieu-of-tax payments to the city, he added. Healy was unable to specify the exact value of the land the universities...
They could have set next year's state allocation of student aid. They could have drawn up a plan to bolster the quality of secondary school education. They could have settled once and for all the sticky problem of universities and their tax-exempt status...
News shows are not exempt from these financial exigencies and are in fact a large source of revenue for local stations. Each station obviously wants to have the most people watching its show, and develops different lures including informative reporting, exciting film segments, and yes, attractive hosts. Attractive does not necessarily mean good looks, but also warmth, believability and delivery. None of these criteria are inherently offensive since a television news broadcaster's job is in large part visibility. Even the beauty standard is not at all repugnant. If a newscaster's appearance makes viewers uncomfortable enough to turn...
...looking to improve rating, there should be no reason why suggestions can't be made about appearance. If scientifically done polls indicate that someone's appearance or age is turning off sets, why shouldn't a private company be able to fire that person? Men should not be exempt from this standard and in fact are really not. Roger Mudd, some observers say, lost his NBC anchor job to Tom Brokaw because of age and local sports commentator Don Gillis, who is in his 50s, lost his job to a younger person for no other apparent reason...