Word: shield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DUCK VARIATIONS and SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO. This double bill of one-acters by a fresh young playwright, David Mamet, 28, bubbles with absurdist humor and shows how people use word masks to shield their true feelings...
...illegals) had a long-established internal drug trade; easy Common Market border rules made Amsterdam the perfect hub for Europe-wide smuggling. In 1971 gangsters from triads (secret societies) in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore began infiltrating Amsterdam's Chinatown, forcing merchants and community leaders to help shield their operations. Ironically, many of the operators were corrupt drug cops purged from the Hong Kong police force...
...University health insurance policy has covered maternity benefits for students since September. But Wacker said the UHS decided to include abortion coverage under the regular health care free because some students waive the Blue Cross-Blue Shield policy...
...spray products sold in the world today. But they may soon have to learn to live without them. A committee of the National Research Council concluded in a report released last week that the fluorocarbon gases used as propellants for spray products deplete the ozone layer. It is that shield which protects the earth from an overdose of the sun's potentially deadly ultraviolet rays. The report sets the stage for an eventual ban on the sprays...
...final bill limits the use of tax shelters. These are investments-in farming, real estate, equipment leasing and the purchase of sports franchises, among many other things-that allow a taxpayer to run up "paper" losses. He can then deduct these losses from his other income and thus shield a large part of that income from taxes. For example, under present law the interest paid on a loan while a building is under construction, and taxes too, can be deducted as a current expense. Since the building produces no income until it is finished, the owner or owners can claim...