Word: lieu
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dependence on subsidies or production payments in lieu of a fair market price as a method of achieving [a fair farm] income is unsound and would impose a burden on the whole American economy through tax liability which would raise all costs of production-thereby lowering purchasing power and ultimately leading to a lower standard of living for the rank & file of consumers. [It] would place farmers at the mercy of congressional appropriations for their income...
...other side, the utilities argue that the lower rates are a sham. Private companies pay 16 percent taxes while public ones pay six or seven percent in lieu of taxes. Public plants can also obtain finances at a low interest rate from the REA while the private company must go to the money market. This last argument has less significance that it used to because of the fallen interest rate. But these companies insist that the tax differential amounts to a subsidy of the public plants. Their argument is summed up in a caption that appeared under a picture...
...jail sentence was, in a sense, his springboard to fame. In 1904, when he was in the State Legislature, Curley, and an unrelated Tom Curley took civil service exams for two constituents. It was common practice in those days for a ward boss to take such an exam in lieu of one of his following who couldn't read of write. But a clerk recognized the two Curleys and forthwith, the two were judged guilty in a spectacular trial and sent to serve 90 days in the Suffolk County (Charles Street) Jail...
...Last week little Gabriel's name was in the "White Book," a catalogue of those who "renounce themselves and private family ties to become eligible for membership in the universal family of whom the head is Christ and the Father in Heaven." The term "first" was used in lieu of a last name since "the earthly father is totally discounted." After christening, the earthly mother renounced her maternal ties (as will future mothers), turned Gabriel over to the joint parenthood of the 75 community members...
...night before, when Appling tied the Rabbit's record, Maranville-was on hand to congratulate him, Senator Clyde Hoey of North Carolina (Appling's native state) made a speech, and the White Sox management presented him with an envelope containing a blank slip of paper, in lieu of a bonus check for an" unnamed amount which the management promised to pay him later. Luke celebrated the occasion by rapping out two hits in four times at bat and handling his three chances in the field perfectly. The White Sox won the game...