Word: flatting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Italians until he came within sight of Italy's shores. Then, it being R. N. practice not to contend with shore batteries unless absolutely necessary, and because the day was done. Sir Andrew withdrew. Italian units undoubtedly followed him, but were careful not to catch up. In flat contradiction of the Italians' loud claims, Sir Andrew reported: no British casualties. Furiously the Italians flew after the home-ward-bound British, who again separated into three detachments. Loudly the Italians claimed the enemy had been routed, badly battered, and that the Italian Air Force "now possesses an absolute dominion...
...breeze did not drop, and for the first time on our voyage we experienced the effect of pitching and rolling combined, a great silence fell upon the ship. . . . The little Niger hippopotamus ... lay down with his head flat on the deck, and ceased to think. His great red eyes looked through me at I know not what. The fawn, the antelopes, and the river-hogs swayed on their cloven, pointed hooves as they tried to maintain their balance. No pride in their eyes now. . . . The buffalo was.swaying in his crate, with a wandering look in his eye and ears laid...
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. of Toledo is a triple-threat firm on the technological front. Inventing, buying and licensing, it has diversified its flat-glass line into 14 types of product from curved ("invisible") show windows to "glastone" building bricks. But three-fifths of L-O-F's business is selling safety glass to the automobile industry, principally General Motors...
...more from personal income taxes by: 1) lowering exemptions to $800 for unmarried persons, $2,000 for heads of families; 2) adding.a flat 10% extra to the total tax everyone owes...
...flat exemption of $3,000, plus an additional exemption equal to 8% of invested capital...