Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sampling error in the survey is plus or minus...
...area where cars pulled up as a "no kissing zone." They even devised what they deemed to be an appropriate sign: a diagonal red slash superimposed upon the image of a woman in curlers pecking her hatted husband. In the parking lot, away from traffic, the same sign minus the slash marked the "kissing zone" for the impetuous and the civil libertarians...
Though ABC is still likely to be the ratings leader for the season as a whole, its November loss to CBS is the strongest indication yet that its era of sovereignty is over. Explains Joel Segal, a senior vice president at the Ted Bates agency: "Minus the World Series and 1978 election night, ABC is down 10%, CBS up 5% and NBC up 2%, compared with last year. This is the beginning of a three-way horse race." Since a single rating point is worth $40 million to $50 million in advertising revenue to a network, this horse race...
...more equitable strategy for stimulating productivity lies in adjusting the progressive income tax to create incentives for savings. Instead of simply taxing income, the Federal government could tax income minus savings in a way that equalizes the tax burdens upon the rich and poor. With these incentives, Americans would certainly save more, banks and business would invest more, and ensuing gains in productivity would steadily combat inflation...
...swordswomen defeated Southeastern Massachusetts University, 5-4, Saturday afternoon in the IAB. Then --minus two of its top fencers --the team failed to place anyone in the finals of the New England Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association Christmas Invitational held at Brandeis Sunday...