Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nevertheless, as Radio's greatest war ended its first month, no immediate relief was in sight for the popular-music-loving listener, who buys the products whose profits pay the broadcasting bill. No matter what he liked in the way of a popular musical premium for his purchases, he was not getting it from the big radio chains. If he liked the old songs in their simple state, he was troubled to hear them blatted out in pseudo-swing as a substitute for new stuff. If he liked a bit of English on his tunes, he was irritated when...
...greatest insurance blanket of all time was dramatically unrolled by Winston Churchill last week in the House of Commons. Ticketed as The War Damage Bill, this measure was estimated to blanket some $30 billions worth of British buildings with insurance, for which the owners would pay compulsory premiums of $800 millions in the next five years. The bill would authorize the Treasury in an emergency to pay another $800 millions into the "premium pool" which the Government thus set last week provisionally at $1,600 millions. If the grand total of war damage to British buildings turns...
...chief provisions of the property-damage bill on which the House last week set to work: 1) coverage will be retroactive to the date Britain declared war on Germany, Sept. 3, 1939; 2) owners of dwellings will pay compulsory insurance premiums equal to 10% of the assessed rental* value of the property; 3) business assets, plant and machinery will bear a compulsory premium of 1½% of their value; 4) churches and chapels will be insured free, the Treasury paying all premiums. In addition, the War Damage Bill provides that any Briton may voluntarily insure under the scheme one motorcar...
...usually run out of a single wing (Yale sometimes uses a double wing). Defensively, the Fifties use all the standard lineups: five, six, seven-man, looping, overshifted lines. But, since all players weigh about the same (no more than 154 Ib. the day of the game), there is a premium on precision, speed, timing. A lightweight eleven's downfield blocking is often something even the pros might be proud of. Since Fifties play for fun rather than headlines, their strategies are more daring, more spectacular. Not unusual is a series of four laterals on one play...
Taxation. Willkie opposed the New Deal's tax structure as unscientific, repressive, loaded with punitive measures, because it "put a premium on the investment of money in all types of Government securities, and drives money out of productive enterprises." His main points: with normal recovery the U. S. should have had 700,000 new business enterprises in the past seven years; present tax laws place their heaviest burdens on companies newly organized, are more easily borne by larger, well-established firms. His remedy: "The best tax system in the world will not balance the budget...