Word: forgo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cloud in that silver shadow is that the saver must forgo all interest. Moreover, the Rolls would be considered income and would be taxed as such in the year it was received. If the depositor took his interest instead, it would be taxed as he received it over an eight-year period...
...current slowdown continues, the danger will be that consumers will not just cut discretionary spending but also begin to forgo other purchases that would have a broad effect on the economy. Even now, studies show that consumer "confidence" is near its lowest level in 30 years. Because spending by individuals on all sorts of goods and services accounts for fully two-thirds of the nation's gross national product-far more than spending by Government and business combined-a sharp retrenchment in purchases of autos, houses and other big-ticket items would surely deepen the shallow recession that many...
Because continuing the trial would have interfered with the vacation plans of the judge and some jurors. Judge Fraiman, who had once before ended a trial rather than forgo a holiday, this time offered to postpone his plans, but he did not order the jury to do so; instead, he declared a mistrial...
...music director at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (where most of his Musica Sacra singers also perform) and conductor of the Collegiate Chorale, a 160-voice amateur chorus. And he is planning another Basically Bach festival for next year. All of this has forced him to forgo his weekly summer baseball games and subside to the status of a merely passionate fan. His team? "The Yankees-I guess because they're winners." Coming from a man with Westenburg's recent record, that figures...
Certainly the nation would be well served if both President and Congress accept the political risks involved in establishing a strong energy policy. But there are huge sums of money at stake, the lobbying will be fierce and the will of Americans to forgo some of their energy-consuming comforts has yet to be demonstrated. On the other hand, if the leaders of Egypt and Israel, with Jimmy Carter's help, can try to put all those years of warfare behind them, perhaps the country, with the President's help, can reach agreement on how to overcome...