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Paper-money currencies, like BerkShares or the Lewes or Totnes Pound, slip fairly seamlessly into the national economy; their use is taxed like ordinary money. More abstract exchanges are a bit more complicated to deal with. But the tax concern is not insurmountable. "If you use local currency for your main income-generating activity, you must pay income tax," says Hensch, who consults in complementary currencies. Likewise, if you have a business, you'll pay sales tax on any local currency - in New Zealand, that would be Green Dollars, part of LETS - you bring in. But if you trade...
...were rushing a little too much instead of slowing down and playing our game.”“Once we faced such a big deficit, everything fell apart,” Markley added. “Once one thing goes wrong, a lot of things can just slip through the cracks. Those turnovers are a product of the way we were reacting to the score.”Crimson fouls and ensuing Terrier free throws stifled any chance for a second-half comeback—BU shot 16-of-17 from the line after the break...
...universities—has “only one pertinent question, which is, What does this guy, his professor at the moment, want? Whatever it is—a good dose of liberalism, libertarianism, feminism, conservatism—he gives it to him, in exchange for another A to slip into his backpack alongside all the others on his long trudge to the Harvard, Yale, Stanford law or business schools, and thence into the empyrean...
...Ollie said. “The old maid was a tough ol’ bag, Oi should say.” He handed over the envelope, which was discolored and stained from years of storage in who knows what filthy London apartment. The Stable Boy removed a slip of paper and began to read. Ollie stroked his chin as he pondered his own resourcefulness.“She required wot you moight call tactile persuadin’ of an intimate nature. Personally Oive never been much for females of the nonegenarian type, but Oim a pleasure adventurer...
...found this morning - when he decided to try horseback riding, even though he had never had any lessons or any prior experience. So he mounted the horse unassisted, and the horse immediately sprang into action. As it galloped along at a steady and rhythmic pace, the captain began to slip from the saddle. In terror, he grabbed for the horse's mane, but he couldn't get a firm grip. He tried to throw his arms around the horse's neck, but he began to slide down the side of the horse anyway as his head was being battered against...