Word: taxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...performance was a cool effort to mask one of the most trying weeks of a crisis-ridden presidency. Amid all the tumult around him, Johnson still found time to chat amiably with West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schütze, make yet another plea for a 10% income tax surcharge, and present the Heart of the Year Award to Actress Patricia Neal, who suffered three near-fatal strokes three years...
...success in the realm of political activity. The use of the word "political" to describe PBHA's purpose in the new constitution pleases members who are defensive about the House's lingering fruit-basket image, but it could also endanger PBHA's financial tie with the University and its tax-exempt status as a charitable and educational organization...
...Belt will probably run through neighborhoods where PBHA works without amply relocating the families. But if officers indiscriminately decide to give PBHA ideological stands on University, city, and national issues, the organization's political awareness could become self-destructive. Since only "insubstantial" political action is allowed charitable organizations by tax laws, PBHA must risk volatile stands only on those issues which directly involve PBHA programs...
Radcliffe's solution to this dilemma is bolder than Harvard's. The 'Cliffe decided on a tax figure, and then announced that every senior girl, without exception, may move off-off next year "on a trial basis" (although girls under 21 will need parental permission). If every senior at Radcliffe chooses to move out, this will cost Radcliffe a great deal of money. Such an exodus is not expected, however, and it if occurs, Radcliffe can end its trail after one disastrous year...
Gill said his committee has determined a preliminary figure for Harvard's off-campus tax, but he is not at liberty to reveal it until further study. He did say, however, that he expects "a slight reduction in the total number of live-outs with this fee." At present, he admitted, "people can save money by living out due to the law fee [$25] which does not cover the House system's costs of non-residence...