Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such teamwork pays off. The track was soft and spongy as the qualifying runs began, so Bettenhausen, like his rivals, had geared his car low to reduce skidding. But when he finally made his own run the surface had turned clay-hard. Tony had Mechanic Tiny Worley hike his gear ratio for the fast track. When the starting flag dropped, he roared away from his lower-geared competition, won the event going away...
...Personal income taxes are boosted 11¾%, effective Nov. 1, when withholdings will rise from 18% of wages & salaries (after exemptions) to 20%. Thus, on 1951 income, the hike will be only about 2%. Sample increase: a married couple with two dependents, earning $8,000, will pay $1,285.60 v. $1,152 under...
...revised bill is expected to yield $5.7 billion, v. the $10 billion asked by the Treasury to put rearmament on a pay-as-you-go basis. It will bring the total annual tax hike since Korea to $15.7 billion...
Green won and got the $40,000-a-year president's job. While car riders howled bitterly, Green won approval of a fare hike from 12? to 15?. He fired 800 employees, curtailed schedules, abandoned unprofitable trolley & bus lines...
...narrow streets must be left clear for the snow and fire equipment. But the few broader ones, including Boylston, Massachusetts, and Mount Auburn, can easily accommodate both parked cars and traffic. They would take care of the Business School lot absentees and others who do not enjoy a hike on snowshoes. In case of other homeless machines, there is a vacant plot next to the Peabody Museum which can be made to handle at least 100 automobiles...