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...years ago, Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), sick of tax-hungry cities which fattened on the intangible property tax,, moved its legal residence to Flemington, the county seat where the Hauptmann trial was held. On personal property of $45,000,000, Standard paid a tax of $301,500. This lump sent Flemington's tax rate of $3.91 per $100 parachuting to 67?. Since then, 135 equally tax-conscious corporations have followed Standard's trail, adding a total of $200,000,000 to Flemington's intangible tax rolls...
...right, so I'm a ninny ... I think I have never been so moved... I didn't say anything then. I couldn't explain it to them. Even if I could, it would have embarrassed them, anyway I had a lump in my throat. They took me home. We talked, we laughed...
...House Freshmen contributed the largest single lump, $1,887, which amounted to 85 percent of their pledges. Also contributing 85 percent were Lowell with $1,169 and Adams with...
Instead of picking an artist and asking what program he would like to play, she picked a program and hired the artist to play it. She presented Beethoven's entire output of chamber music, quartet by quartet. The audience could like it or lump...
...personal exemption) of $600 a year, $107 for $1,000, $220 for $1,500, $446 for $2,500; a married man with two dependents will owe $20 if he netted. $1,200, $159 for $2,500, $485 for $4,000. $730 for $5,000. These lower-bracket liabilities represent lump sums of the sort that few lower-bracket people have ever before had to raise...