Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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New York Stock Exchange President Keith Funston made another objection: adoption of the annuities might make insurance "a vehicle for avoiding taxes on common stock investments." Funston explained that while individual investors pay capital gains taxes plus 16% to 87% tax on dividend income, insurance companies are exempt from capital...
In Britain, Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden took an almost opposite tack. "We welcome the Russian reductions," he said. "If it so happens that everybody starts to catch this habit, we shall have no objection. But I think we are entitled to say that we were the first to start...
But the order gave Geary one week to defend his ruling, and the judge coolly ran the trial on a brisk timetable assuring its completion before newsmen could possibly get in. On the trial's second day, when seven reporters defiantly barged in, he ordered them right out, but...
The difficulty of staffing the library at night has always been the principle objection to extending its hours, she said. At present, the regular staff will be sufficient to service the library during the extra hour in the evening. The library will also be open from 3 to 5 p.m...
McKeldin saw some merit in the local brewers' objection to the high Canadian tariffs on U.S. beer, but he refused to ban Carling's in retaliation. "I frown upon restrictive tariffs maintained by this country and others," said Free Trader McKeldin. "However, American leadership toward the elimination of...