Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tenants suffer from this presumption of fairness when outrageously high levels of profit approaching 90 percent of the gross rent in 1967 are carried forward to the present. This legalized rent-gouging is a continuing testimonial to the unbridled greed of a few landlords in the "fair" rental markets of 1967. While the tenants paying these rents suffer most, all tenants and the rent control policy suffer as responsible landlords observe a few greedy neighbors receiving huge profits without basis in any rational analysis of the rent. The appearence of "unfairness" most easily leads to pressure to raise all rents...
...dedicated condominium units shall have a right of first refusal running to the City so that they may be purchased at a price equal to 10 times the adjusted gross rent. Adjusted gross rent shall mean the rent-controlled rent minus the sum allowed for heat, hot water and other unit utilities provided by the landlord, if any. The money to make such purchases shall come from the City of Cambridge Fund as well as public and private sources. Nothing herein shall prevent the City of Cambridge from selling, on a limited-equity basis, dedicated units to qualified persons...
...accomplish that, Gorbachev knows, he must reduce the oversize portion of the annual gross national product carved out by the military -- as much as 14%, by some estimates -- and devote more money to domestic economic growth. If he genuinely wants to modernize Soviet society and produce goods that can compete with Western products in world markets, he will have to divert more young men from military service to computer and technical training...
...reasonably far in advance for everything from magazine subscriptions to, yes, accountant's fees. Tax advisers have even suggested to their clients that they might want to schedule elective surgery before Jan. 1 because a taxpayer's medical expenses will have to be much higher next year -- 7.5% of gross income, compared with 5% currently -- before any of the costs can be written...
...first-year student in the MPA program, said, "As an undergrad it was never a problem. Almost nobody smoked. But there are many mid-career students here who smoke." She added, "The ventilation in the building is not the best and after a while it gets really gross. It gets in your hair, your clothes--every-where...