Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Taxation rather than nationalization has been Labor's method of building Norway's socialism, which the party defines as "equality among all individuals and groups." Steeply progressive personal taxes (50% for a couple earning $30,000) have helped to level incomes. Says Christian Erlandsen, managing director of an Oslo auto parts firm: "After taxes the difference between me and the lowest-paid guy at this company is not very great. You can't look at just income; you must look at other values. We have our cabins, our spare time. What may be most important...
Says San Francisco Artist Peter Mollica, 36: "The reason it's happening for serious artists is because it's happened on the hobbyist level. I think you have to thank the amateur. A lot of people who are serious now about stained glass started out as amateurs...
...tennis racquets. Industry planners also have their eyes on hundreds of other products that could benefit from the versatile materials. But now warning flags have been raised about a troublesome effect of the fibers in the superplastics. Federal officials are so concerned that they have quietly ordered a high-level inter-agency study to decide how to reduce the potential hazard...
Hard as he is on unpleasant people, Adams lays a heavier hand on things and ideas he does not like. The center that Rowf and Snitter escape from is called Animal Research, Surgical and Experimental (A.R.S.E.). Its acronym hits the level on which every endeavor that does not involve padding about on four feet is treated. The behavior of politicians, scientists and journalists invariably rouses Adams into the kind of jocular sneering that is more fun to write than to read...
...Department of Athletics has honored the first-year efforts of the women's club by elevating it to the level of a Group II varsity sport. The new status provides the team with University funding for equipment, coaches and recruitment. With next year's sub-varsity status giving the squad more convenient game times, the skaters look forward to relaxed Sunday breakfasts...