Word: shelled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wincing in the unaccustomed sun light, U.S. Marines of the 6,000-man Khe Sanh garrison tumbled out of their bunkers into the open air. Amid shell craters and the wreckage of destroyed Jeeps, helicopters and buildings, they washed grimy clothes and gamboled in makeshift showers. Three Marines dug out baseball gloves and began playing catch. Everywhere along the camp's perimeter, the roofs of bunkers blossomed with Marines, who were not, for a change, either running or ducking. In stead, they passed binoculars from hand to hand, taking turns peering out into the jungled hills, so long alive...
...have to pay at least 690 on every dollar of investment income over $7,200. The total tax rate rises to 100%. when so-called "unearned income" reaches $43,200. After that, taxes actually exceed income. For example, people with investment income of more than $120,000 have to shell out at least $1.26 on every dollar over that amount, making it necessary to dig into capital to pay their tax bills...
...first to break the traditional anonymity of most producers by banding its wieners like cigars with a yellow paper ring. Then it developed an automatic banding machine, automatic linkers and strippers, and in 1950 hit on the idea for vacuum packaging in plastic, which quadrupled the shell life of what were once highly perishable products...
Japan has long-range plans to redevelop most of the islands to their prewar farming and fishing levels. Iwo Jima, for one, will take a lot of patient cultivation. After 23 years, it still remains a desolate battlefield, where hulks of landing craft and shell casings jut from the black volcanic sand. Farther inland, in tunnels and caves, lie the bones of thousands of Japanese soldiers, which the Japanese hope to send home. And hidden like deadly thorns among the island's thick green vines, an arsenal of mines and shells still awaits the invader's incautious footsteps...
Scrambling for survival capital, Riklis sold off Rapid-American's businesses (paint, printing and clothing), leaving it a mere shell. McCrory, too, came in for a paring. Riklis then bought control of Glen Alden Corp., a conglomerate with interests in coal and leather goods (which he sold) and textiles and R.K.O. theaters (which he retained). By 1965, such shufflings yielded some $50 million, which Riklis soon put to work. Since early 1966, Glen Alden has bought into building materials, B.V.D. clothing, and only three months ago, the diversified Stanley Warner Corp., whose interests include Playtex bras, movie theaters...