Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...position that would be impossible if one Afghan side is permitted to continue receiving outside arms and the other is denied them. As if to underscore the importance of the "symmetry" issue, the U.S. has again increased arms shipments to the Afghan rebels, whose supplies had been running seriously low...
...reform was designed to make the system more straightforward by eliminating most shelters and reducing the number of tax brackets from 14 to five for the 1987 tax year. For many of the 107 million U.S. taxpayers, reform has been a blessing. At least 2 million low-income citizens are no longer required to file at all. Moreover, the creation of a standard deduction and the raising of thresholds for medical expenses and other write-offs means that about 25% of the estimated 40 million taxpayers who itemize will be better off if they use the short forms instead...
...groups hit the hardest by the housing crunch are low-income and young households, the report says. Apgar said two million young households "would own a home today if the home ownership rates did not decline so sharply since 1980." Rent costs have also increased, rising at a rate 14 percent higher than other prices since 1981, according to the report...
While those with very low numbers prepared to celebrate, those with higher numbers refused to be left out. An elite `400 and up party' is being planned by some residents of Mass Hall...
...hopes to place 400 volunteers, including college students and other workers, in the city schools. This number would represent an increase from even the 380 that were placed in the "golden era" of community service in 1974-5, he says. Volunteer involvement has been on the rise since a low of 170 placements in 1981, Brickman says...