Word: taxingly
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...trial lawyer who has not been active politically in recent years, was once a U.S. Attorney, and won a conviction in 1959 against Mobster Vito Genovese on a narcotics conspiracy charge. In 1954 he helped convict Frank Costello, then the so-called prime minister of the underworld, of income tax evasion. Christy promised to conduct his investigation "as expeditiously as possible." As before, the President was standing by his aide, who has denied the allega- tions. During the probe, Jordan will stay on as Carter's Chief of Staff...
...senate, Daley, 37, is a committeeman from the Eleventh Ward, bastion of Irish political power and his father's impregnable home base. Daley ducked controversy until Byrne's behavior aroused his combative instincts. He first challenged the mayor in September, when he fought to abolish a sales tax on food and drugs. The revenue was needed for a tax-and-transportation package that Byrne had worked out with Republican Governor James Thompson. Daley failed, but won the backing of labor and the minorities and shook up city hall...
Perhaps a windfall-profits tax should be levied on prolific financial journalists in these inflationary times, because the inkwell is as mighty as the oil well. Anyone who can write with wit or apocalyptic certitude about how to cope with shrinking purchasing power and vanishing nest eggs does not have to worry about where his-or her-next Mercedes 300 is coming from. In women's magazines, articles on sex have almost taken a back seat to advice on money management. Bookstores are crammed with many new volumes about the joy of cash and the juggling of credit...
Your Money by Richard Phalon. The reader who follows all of Phalon's advice may or may not "minimize his tax bite and manage himself into a surplus" as the author promises, but he will have had a good time for his $8.95. Explaining that loan rates can be negotiated, the Forbes magazine editor urges readers to take a firm stand with their bankers: "Insert the term 'banking relationship' into the conversation like a nicely greased thermometer and mention the imposing size of your checking and savings account balances. If that doesn...
...tax cap imposed by Massachusetts Gov. Edward J. King last spring limited municipal spending increases to 4 per cent. Taxes did not rise in Cambridge last year...