Word: slices
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dollar out of it. But I would like to see organ cloning become a reality." He was inspired to launch the business, he says, after a young cousin died of leukemia. "There's megadollars involved, and everyone is racing to be the first," he says. As for his own slice of the pie, Sloan says he just sold his firm to a French company, which he refuses to name, and he was heading for Hawaii last week. The Southern Cross factory address turns out to be his mother's house, and his "office" phone is answered by a man claiming...
...high earners deserve relief? The reality is that the top 5% of taxpayers (adjusted gross income above $115,000) pay 54% of federal income tax revenue. The top half account for 96%. We already have progressive tax brackets that claim a bigger slice from the well off, and we've just about eliminated federal income tax for half of all people with income. With a huge surplus, why complicate things with targeted cuts that are set too low anyway? And why not give something to those who tote the bill...
They can just grab a slice...
...enough so that for the rest of the semester you must cringe when passing them in hallways and nod vigorously when agreeing with them in section, so as not to reveal that you do not remember their names or anything about them except that you share this 53-minute slice of Hell every Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...seems Christine can't buy lunch in our building without folks critiquing her choices. If she buys a slice of pizza, a stranger who recognizes her is sure to comment on her unhealthy habits. "I also used to love French fries, but I'd have to eat them in secret in my office." That is, until the FedEx deliveryman caught her and gave her grief. "His good-natured kidding got me to stop," Christine says. "My arteries are all the happier for it." Every so often, however, she indulges her passion for chocolate mousse...