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...unsure of not only what the effects would be on their companies, but also whether Congress will enact the proposals favorable to them as well as those that are not. Their view, observes Washington University Professor Murray Weideribaum, is that on taxes "the feds giveth, and the feds taketh away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Recovery on a Tightrope | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

...during the summer, Kirkland came up lame in a pickup game. He had pulled a muscle away from his hip making even walking painful. Figuring what the athletic director giveth he can taketh away (ie. scholarships), and wanting to go East, Kirkland found himself at Harvard...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Chemical Benzene Rings Replace Basketball Rims | 3/30/1977 | See Source »

...Carter giveth and the Lord taketh away. I know where my $50 rebate is going-right up the chimney. The economy cannot improve much if all the money is going to one place: the fuel companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 28, 1977 | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...hardly a full-time job, and the latter is a ridiculous chore, increasingly honored by neglect. Any additional duties are given to a Vice President at the discretion and whim of the President and, as Hubert Humphrey knowingly reminded Gerald Ford earlier this year, "he who giveth can taketh away-and often does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Making the Best Use of Rockefeller | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: A Sweet Neglect | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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