Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continue to rise despite the cuts, there may have to be a boost in income taxes too. By 1979 the average tax burden could rise from 41% of income to between 43% and 47%. Before anyone could suggest the alternative of bilking the rich even more, Britain's "Iron Chancellor" pointed out that even if the government taxed away all income over $10,000, the revenues would yield only $800 million. That might just keep the nation awash in subsidized tea for one more year-but not much longer...
Some older styles still fit Americans to a T. They include shirts decorated with iron-on glitter, advertising slogans (I'M BULLISH ON SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR) and the snappy one-liners that have long been a hallmark of the T shirt genre. Among the latter is a classic created by Wisconsin Designer Verne Holoubek: HARD TIMES. STARRING YOU AND ME. COMING SOON...
...capture rose to $40,000) and major figure in the abolition and women's suffrage movements. Harriet Tubman, a short, muscular woman, was born into slavery around 1820 on Maryland's Eastern Shore. At 15, she suffered a severe head injury when an overseer threw an iron weight at her. The blow left Harriet with permanent brain damage; for the remainder of her life, she would suffer periods of unconsciousness...
...their student associates in throwing food across tables set among the artworks. They deliberately threw plates and glasses upon the floor; some dropped them from the balcony above. Champagne corks popped through the air. Dirty plates, ashtrays, and liquor-filled glasses were repeatedly placed upon fifteenth and sixteenth century iron and wooden chests and tables. I personally broke up a scuffle near intricately carved wooden sculptures that would easily have been destroyed had someone hit them...
Bennett said the foil squad has a good chance of winning this year's "Iron Man" trophy for the best college foil team in the East...