Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chord in the hearts (and wallets) of upper-income-bracket Americans. It encouraged them to depart with sizable--and non-taxable--chunks of their assets (and thereby do their part to benefit humanity) since the only other option was to donate many of their taxable dollars to Uncle Sam. Things are different now. The new tax laws make it less attractive for wealthy (and some not-so-wealthy) people to give their money away. They might as well hold onto it, since the federal government isn't taking so much in taxes anymore...
...question is: Will being her father's daughter help or hurt? The President does not believe she can win, and Stepmother Nancy is definitely opposed. Further more, incumbent Republican Senator Sam Hayakawa, 75, who says he will run again, is an old conservative ally of the President...
...appear on TV's Divorce Court, clinched his job in an audition by coolly refereeing a dispute that nearly came to blows, thus beating out eight other candidates. In the cases taped for upcoming shows, fisticuffs is almost the only thing he has not had to contend with. Sam vs. Sam grew out of an unfortunate fight to the finish between a Chihuahua and a Great Dane, both named Sam. Little Sam's owner wanted $700 compensation...
...dismissal. The pressmen had been especially reluctant to sign because their contract, unlike those of the other unions, contains a "uniformity clause" that could allow concessions granted to the Bulletin to be extended to Philadelphia's Inquirer and Daily News. It is a "complex quagmire," grumbled Sam McKeel, president of Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., owner of the News and the Inquirer. Until it is deciphered, "we won't know whether we want to move...
...board of commissioners is about to consider the zoning change. But the residents, who are already suing the county to save their homesteads, contend that the land is no longer a true wetland. They are determined to fight for every square inch. As one told County Planner Sam Poole, "If we don't get justice through the courts we'll get it with our guns...