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Word: mininger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

Excise taxes, the President said, should be reduced only if the tax revenue is made up elsewhere. This could be done in part, he suggested, by plugging the loopholes. Loophole No. 1 is the law which allows "the oil and mining interests" to pay only "token contributions" from their huge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Devil's Dues | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

The country's administration is flabby and corrupt; despite ECAid, its economy is semi-paralyzed by public distrust. Recently, when a Greek businessman sought ECA backing for a gold-mining project in Macedonia, an ECA official snapped: "The best place to dig for gold in Greece is in people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: War & Work | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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