Word: householder
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DAVID BRADFORD: As a Treasury official in the Ford Administration, I became convinced that the way toward a simpler, more transparent system was to base the tax on consumption. The plan we developed would replace the income tax on individuals and corporations. Everything that came into the individual household was taxed, and everything that went out in the form of savings was excluded from tax, with no tax on companies. Since then I have concluded that an indirect approach, with a tax on companies and a graduated tax on individuals, would be easier to implement. The key difference between income...
...traveling up the vertical shaft that runs along the side of Block E, the high-rise most affected by SARS. The vermin could have contaminated common objects in the block, which could have then infected residents. Investigators are also exploring the possibility that the virus could be spread by household pets, either through infection?one cat in Block E tested positive for the coronavirus?or through indirect contact. On March 24, the kidney patient's brother and his wife were diagnosed with SARS; three days later, families living in apartments five floors directly above and below the brother's apartment...
...next trick, he’ll try to avoid flash-in-the-plan status. Recent history is on his side. The grind of the league season, whose back-to-back doubleheader format subjects Ivy pitching staffs to a mean sort of social Darwinism, has a way of making household names out of no-names. Consider the rags-to-riches story of Chaney Sheffield ’02, last year. A former walk-on, Sheffield was tabbed as a last-minute replacement last April amid a starter crunch not dissimilar to this weekend’s. Once he cracked the rotation...
...those new guys was sophomore Malcolm Howard, who became a household name when he was allegedly assaulted by two Northeastern rowers last month. While both teams have sought to put the incident behind them, it did affect racing yesterday because the school-imposed suspension of the two Husky rowers left Northeastern unable to field a second varsity eight...
...Americans who may wonder why the people of southern Iraq have not risen up in revolt against Saddam yet would receive an instructive lesson in a household near the American positions. Outside the house a man stood smiling and waving at every passing American vehicle. A soldier, passing on foot spotted a picture of Saddam on the wall and pointed at it. Unabashed the man went into his home took the picture down and spit on Saddam's face. He then carefully wiped it off and hung the picture back...