Word: petted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taxable income for payments into a foundation; a corporation may deduct 5%. In some cases, the saving in taxes almost equals the cost of philanthropy. A foundation can also be used, as was the Ford Foundation, to help a family retain control of a company, or to promote a pet idea, e.g., the Odlum-Cochran Foundation spends some of its money on psychic research, a hobby of Financier Floyd Odium's wife. From a businessman's point of view, probably the most important byproduct of a foundation is the good will created for a company...
...down" payment mortgage (the builder pays the closing costs), the year when autos were funneled out with no money down, up to 42 months to pay. In Corpus Christi, Texas, movie houses even urged patrons to put admissions, popcorn and peanuts on the cuff, while in Omaha, one pet-shop owner went so far as to sell an orangutan on the installment plan...
...five weeks, Goody had a pet line he wanted me to say: 'There's no business like shoe business.' I kept throwing...
...course of weapons-testing, it was inevitable that the U.S. Army sooner or later would pit its prized Nike (rhymes with Mikey) antiaircraft guided missile against the Air Force's pet Martin Matador jet bomber missile, an "uninhabited"' aircraft. The Nike-Matador aerial duel was held at White Sands Proving Grounds, N.Mex. this fall-and it promptly set off a ground war between Army and Air Force pressagents...
...quaint habit of kicking his racing rig to pieces. After paying 80,000 francs for the horse, Auteroche spared him from the butcher's pistol, had him gelded instead. "The operation," he says proudly, "was a complete success. Fabliau is now so gentle he's a household pet. For company we've let him have a cow as a stable mate. I think the cow has a homey, comforting influence that makes him happy." Last week, Fabliau trotted off to Chantilly to begin training. "Ah, my little eunuch," said M. Auteroche, "how you have suffered...