Word: sums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happens, some churches have agreeably worked out such informal arrangements. The Unitarian Church of Montclair, N.J., recently handed town officials a check for $1,000 in token payment for services rendered. In Boston the Christian Scientists pay city taxes on all their properties except the Mother Church itself. In sum, the churches seem ready to render unto Caesar at least a little of his due-lest Caesar ask for even more...
...that their founder has always "looked at money as a tool," and there is no doubt that Sebastian Spering Kresge has used dimes as crowbars. When he was in formed years ago that his variety-store chain had reached sales of $10 million, he noted that the sum was "100 million dimes." Closely watching the pennies as well, Kresge insisted that he "never spent more than 300 for lunch in my life," and admitted giving up golf out of fear of losing too many golf balls. For all his personal frugality, Kresge has often been willing to spend millions...
...into the meeting with a minimal package of requests amounting to $520 million. He emerged with $283 million in new taxing authority and the assurance that the city would get sufficient additional income from existing taxes and state aid programs to raise the total to $385.5 million. Though the sum was far short of his goal, Lindsay scored a moral victory by winning a graduated income tax of up to 2% for city residents and a token "earnings tax" of from one-fourth to three-eighths of 1% on commuters.* The subway fare will almost certainly have to be increased...
...nine sequential oil studies of Marichal in the act of making a single pitch are a rare example of an artist catching this kind of action. "You will notice," says Gooch, "that the three panels from upper right to lower left, in a diagonal line through the center, sum up the action of the pitch. It's sort of a slow-motion sequence. It's what you see at the ball game. The action shown in the other panels happens too fast for most persons to see. I decided on nine panels because there are nine innings...
Harvard encountered difficulty in convincing McNamara to sell, but because of the location the Administration was willing to offer a substantial sum for the land. First, the University offered in the vicinity of $40,000 to $45,000 for the plot; then, in a move to help McNamara avoid paying capital gains taxes on the sale, offered to swap houses. In return for his home, Harvard would provide a house sub-divided into apartments. The apartments would provide annual income, Harvard officials reasoned, and the house's value was comparable to the money offer...