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This week the Eisenhower policy on taxes crystallized into a clear-cut, five-point program. The five points: ¶Extend the excess-profits tax on corporations six months from next June 30, the scheduled expiration date, and let it expire next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Tax Program | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

Better conditioned, and using a livelier ball than the Mexican variety (bringing anguished wails from Mexican officials), the fast-stepping Balet brothers whipped the hard-hitting Mexicans, 40-20. The victory gave Spain the overall championship, over runner-up France, 44-39 Noting the five-point disparity between the two countries, and recalling that Spain had entered 18 teams to France's 13, the elderly, greying president of the French pelota federation said bitterly: "Those damned live balls . . . Had I known about the scoring system, I would have entered myself in some of those silly games. I would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pelota's World Series | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Varsity wrestlers handed Tufts a five-point gift on a forfeit, allowed the Jumbos to pile up an impressive early lead, and then scored four straight pins to win, 23 to 11, last night at the Blockhouse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Overcome Tufts, 23-11, For Fourth Straight | 1/17/1952 | See Source »

...first half of the game was comparatively dull, with Dartmouth holding onto a five-point margin most of the time. In the third quarter, however, Bill Dennis cot hot sinking 11 of his 15 points, and the Crimson led, 49 to 45, at the end of the period. Lionette also scored five of his 17 points in this quarter...

Author: By Jere Bron-kahn, | Title: Quintet Falls to Dartmouth In Last Second of Overtime | 1/16/1952 | See Source »

...Nothing Further." Finally the U.N. negotiators offered their opponents a five-point package deal with a take-it-or-leave-it label. The U.N. would agree on: 1) limited instead of unlimited troop rotation; 2) inspection teams from neutral nations for behind-the-lines observation; 3) a double instead of a single inspection system (one group behind the lines, one for the buffer zone; 4) no U.N. air observation; 5) rehabilitation of "certain" North Korean airfields for civilian use. In return the Reds must agree, positively, not to construct or use airfields for military purposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Package Deal | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

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