Word: load
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same time, the income cut-off for Social Security taxes will increase from $25,900 to $29,700 in 1981. This means that the maximum Social Security tax for individuals will jump from $1,587.67 to $1,975.05. This will increase the total tax load on Americans next year by $40 billion. To businessmen and consumers already suffering from staggering interest rates and stunning price tags, the tax increase will be an auspicious beginning for the new year. -By Alexander Taylor. Reported by William Blaylock/Washington and other U.S. bureaus
Part of Chrysler's difficulty has been a decision to load early K-car models with such expensive options as luxury interiors and air conditioning, thus pushing the price up to $9,000 or more. Similar price-boosting tactics have hurt Detroit for years. Chrysler is now building no-frills models that sell for less than $6,000, but dealers are placing few new orders because sales are slow and high interest rates have made their carrying costs on unsold models exorbitant. Warns Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca: "Our biggest problem is getting the dealers to take the three weeks...
James Fenton, drama critic of the Sunday Times, called the play "a nauseating load of rubbish," and yearned for the resignation of National Theater Director Peter Hall, who steadfastly stood by Brenton and the production. Playwright Edward Bond weighed in with a defense so oblique that he never mentioned the play by name. He did, however, call for the resignation of Fenton, while John Osborne, who has had his own wrangles with the censor, addressed a sally to the Guardian: "Sir-I don't go to the theater to see a lot of buggery. We get quite enough...
Several considerations may be involved in judges' decisions to resign. Some have left to take top posts in the Executive Branch, among them FBI Director William Webster and Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler. Others have cited such reasons as a burgeoning case load, understaffing and the staleness known as "the judicial blahs." But economic woes are considered by far the most pressing. In 1969, when trial judges were earning $40,000 and appeals court judges $42,500, there were few complaints. But over the past eleven years, the cost of living has surged 131% while salaries have risen only...
...film highlighting offensive linemen reminiscent of the footgage showing Green Bay Packer quarterback Bart Starr plunging over Jerry Kramer in the 1967 NFL championship, the men in the trenches will probably lack the widespread recognition they earn. But the Crimson tight ends, who have carried a more visible load this fall, have gained the admiration of Harvard partisans...