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Word: sheller (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...personal income tax return puts his net worth at $893,304.35, or nearly $113,000 less than in 1978. In part, his own economic policies are to blame for the tumble. Like other Americans, he was savaged by soaring interest rates; payments on a peanut sheller, which are pegged at 1½ percentage points above the prime rate (now about 20%), caused him to suffer a $79,609.52 loss from the family business that is held in trust for him by his Georgia pal, Charles Kirbo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Out of the Club | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

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