Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rumania's President and party boss Nicolae Ceauşescu has long defied Moscow in foreign policy matters. His is the only Warsaw Pact country that did; not break relations with Israel after the 1967 war, did not join in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia and does not allow, a Soviet military presence on its soil. Ceauşescu has cultivated ties with Peking and has endorsed the U.S.-sponsored Middle East negotiations...
...fortunate to have Fred Irving join us at Harvard," Graham T. Allison Jr. '62,dean of the Kennedy School, said yesterday, adding he "was impressed by his long experience and good sense...
...need perhaps to justify the elaborate and useless expense-the theory that conspicuous consumption provides employment and entertainment for the masses having lost popularity some time ago--the sponsors frequently donate any profits to charity. Otherwise, the traditional trappings remain intact. Technically, a girl is "invited" to join that year's debutante "class." She must be clad completely in virginal white, and wear long white gloves. The club will supply her with a bouquet of roses and either she or her sponsors will provide at least two male escorts, dressed in tails, so she can dance away every minute...
...open saloons" remained in the state constitution. Although it may take time for the legislators to clear up the confusion, Kansans will not go thirsty. As in many other states with restrictive liquor laws, almost anyone can get served at so-called private clubs. They are scarcely difficult to join: memberships can be had for as little as $2, and the ten-day waiting period is only spottily enforced...
Example: ten partners join in acquiring an executive jet for $2 million. Each of the ten puts up $200,000, of which three-quarters is borrowed money. The first year alone they can pile up deductions for accelerated depreciation and interest on personal loan debt, as well as a 10% investment tax credit. For each partner, that can work out to a $20,000 direct tax credit, plus a minimum of $80,000 in deductions. In a few more years the partners can recoup all their original investment in tax breaks despite having to pay a levy on income from...