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...provide incentives to rehabilitate old buildings in downtown areas. Reason: the 1981 tax law, in addition to cutting everyone's taxes, allows landlords to write off the cost of their buildings over 15 years, instead of the 40 to 50 that had been usual. That permits them to recoup their investment faster...
...railroads have moved in to grab back a full 10 percent of the transportation market, and about 300,000 truck-driving Teamsters have lost jobs since 1979. Operators have slashed rates feverishly and often foolishly to attract business. And no doubt they are illegally overloading their rigs to recoup their losses...
Some reformers may recoup part of the expense because they no longer buy duplicates of clothes they already own but cannot find. One of the most popular layouts was designed by New Yorker Anita Bayer. Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, her daughter, and husband Composer Burt Bacharach all have one in their Beverly Hills home. Sager calls it "functional and economical." The hangers swing back and forth, allowing the Bacharachs to view their entire wardrobes. Closet keeping becomes a science with Dani Needham, wife of Film Director Hal Needham. On the road more often than not, she carries a little book...
...support on a wholesale basis. "Just being an American hero will always get him some votes up here," says Democratic State Senator Bobby Stephen. Glenn's reticence with voters and his performances on the stump-some fine, some less so-are making it hard for him to recoup ground he has lost to Mondale. The latest Gallup poll shows Mondale with the support of 49% of Democratic voters nationwide, while Jesse Jackson (14%) has drawn even with Glenn (13%). But the man whose pulse rate rose by only one beat when his problem-plagued space capsule re-entered...
...start to make ABC cheer. Said Newi: "I wouldn't call it an unmitigated disaster." Once the weather improved and strong U.S. contenders came onscreen, ABC no doubt would recoup. But the network last month agreed to pay a staggering $309 million to broadcast the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Alta., vs. $91.5 million for the Sarajevo rights. That means expanding coverage or more than tripling advertising prices. The shaky push-off in Sarajevo may have been a cautionary indication that after the repeatedly profitable thrill of victory, one day there might come the agony of defeat...