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Word: iras (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Republican vs. Democrats' choice at all. Some Reagan initiatives have specifically benefited most women; a reduction of the "marriage penalty," an increase in child care tax credits, provisions for improved collection of a child support payments, and a proposed increase in the amount homemakers may contribute to tax-free IRA. It is indeed unfortunate that, in the process of carrying out as much of his ideological program as he can, Mr. Reagan has managed to hurt poor women and minorities disproportionately. Even extreme liberals must acknowledge that the primary reason for this lies in socioeconomic trends and changes far beyond...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Gender Gaps | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

Ralph Engelstad, owner of Las Vegas' Imperial Palace casino, did extensive financial homework before investing $2 million, by having his accountant Ira Bradshaw carefully scrutinize the Sentinel offering. Said Bradshaw: "From every possible angle it seemed a viable investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $130 Million Celebrity Scam: Two Wall Street Firms | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...Lowell House that they can't afford to break chairs at each performance, but even so the actors handled the mishap with ease. A successful ad lib can lighten a play but a bad one can murder it, and there is already plenty of murder in Ira Levin's comic thriller. So the actors stayed cool, and the tightly constructed, well paced production didn't founder...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Mind Games | 11/9/1983 | See Source »

...Dream, Thomas Meehan offers a Carrollian nightmare in which the Misses Chaplin, Sumac, Gardner, Gabor, et al., and the Messrs. Eban, Ehrenburg, Betti, etc., are introduced to Miss Hagen, the actress: "Uta, Yma; Uta, Ava; Uta, Oona; Uta, Ona; Uta, Ida; Uta, Ugo; Uta, Abba; Uta, Ilya; Uta, Ira...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laughing Matter | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...outlets. New York City's Bergdorf Goodman stopped carrying Halston clothes when it discovered that the designer had created a line of clothing for J.C. Penney that included $100 dresses (compared with $1,000 to $2,000 for a typical Halston dress at Bergdorf's). Says President Ira Neimark: "We decided that designers and retailers have to decide who their customers are. Halston made his decision, and we have made ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Off-Price but on Target | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

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