Word: holidayers
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...comments on tax relief for homeowners in his article "Get Homes off Welfare" [Oct. 12]. I don't know if it is politically feasible or desirable to remove all benefits, but how about dismantling tax benefits for owners of second homes? In many European countries speculators build tax-subsidized holiday homes, and then rent them out at exorbitant rates while receiving substantial tax relief on their mortgages. The result is to price local people out of the property market while losing agricultural land to so-called residential development, which may well stand empty for more than half the year...
...penny. He's also purchased jewelry through barter and then resold it to hotel guests for a profit. The system works for personal use, too. Hill's wife has spent the hotel's barter credits on cosmetic dental work and perms, and the family recently went on a ski holiday in France on barter pounds...
...having another Green Week starting the day before that and shows like 30 Rock and Gossip Girl are loading up on stunt-casting. Don't expect a letup until Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving), the day after the ratings period ends. By then, everyone should be ready to take a holiday from the sweeps-induced insanity...
...while Moore may be accustomed to shoppers seeking skimpy garb for the holiday, Lucy S. Bennett, who works at American Apparel, encountered a group of costume-seekers with an unusual quest...
...Target.com has since matched Walmart.com and Amazon on all 10.) Walmart responded by dropping its price by another penny, to $8.98. There's no word whether Walmart then stuck out its tongue and yelled "Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah" to its rivals. (See TIME's 2008 holiday buying guide...