Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Levittown, L.I., he made a gross profit of about $5,000,000, which remained in the Bethpage Realty Corp., builder of the houses. Later he sold the Bethpage Realty Corp. to Philadelphia's Junto, a charitable organization, for $5,000,000 and thereby paid only a capital gain of 25% on his profits instead of the much higher personal income tax (TIME, March...
...farm bill faces a tough Senate fight; the housing bill has been complicated by compromises, will probably emerge as a small gain for the President. Extension of reciprocal trade was cut from the three years Ike originally requested to one year, must be counted as a defeat for the President. No final action has been taken on the tenth bill-the revision of the Atomic Energy...
...become convinced that congressional investigations under Senator McCarthy are reckless and unfair; that they are not objective, but dominated by the purpose of proving the truth of preconceived ideas; and, what to many people is the most disturbing of all, that they are conducted in a manner calculated to gain support by appealing to the emotions of the people rather than to their reason...
Last week the 83rd Congress finally began to move full speed ahead. Working long hours (the Senate one night was in session until two minutes before midnight), both houses faced and dealt with major legislation. The sum of the week's work: a major gain for Dwight Eisenhower's legislative program...
...make it the best integrated of all toll roads. The spurs and a smoothly planned system of interchanges will also help overcome the vexing problems of entry and exit that have plagued other turnpikes (the late Ernie Pyle once wrote: "For what shall it profit a man if he gain two hours in 160 miles and then lose his soul getting into Pittsburgh...