Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Records obtained by The Crimson show that since that time, the clubs have used a variety of means to lower their taxes. They include: seeking permanent and annual tax adjustments, trading the promises not to change the facades of the clubhouses for lower estimated values upon which property taxes are based...
Easements, however, do not always lower the value of a property and may actually increase it, some experts...
...part, the experts say, the reason why the easements do not necessarily lower value is that the Cambridge Historical Commission has the power to postpone the demolition of any building more than 50 years...
...doing this and by claiming that the garden property is not a part of the club, the Fly Club was able to get the land classified at the lower residential tax rate. City officials agree that had the club not subdivided the property, it would have paid the commercial rate on all of it. The club would have to pay several thousand dollars more in taxes if the garden property were considered commercial...
...women are not currently in leadership slots, it is that much harder for them to achieve that status. Without a "critical mass" of women in leadership positions to encourage those who come after them, women working their way up may often lower their sights. At the very least, others' expectations for women will be lowered...