Word: taxingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...less rosy; for investors it's rather scary. Profits will be squeezed by a combination of lower exports to Asia and rising wage costs. Chris Varvares, president of Macroeconomic Advisers, an economic forecasting and consulting firm in St. Louis, Mo., foresees an outright decline of almost 4% in after-tax corporate earnings this year, measuring fourth quarter against fourth quarter, and an infinitesimal 0.1 % increase...
...churches have begun springing up around Jasper, including one in nearby Burkeville. The ideology, which preaches that white people are the true Israelites, has moved in subtly. "They look for small autonomous country churches with no debt and a bank account," says Craig. "They fire the pastor, they get tax status and what looks like the Shady Grove Baptist Church; well, they are singing Amazing Grace and then saying Sieg Heil." Killing in the name of religious and racial purity is within the moral contract of Christian Identity, say experts. Authorities last week were checking if any of the three...
...thick, homemade ice cream is delectable,although a little pricey. A micro-sundae goes for$1.90 plus tax...
...well-off Vermont towns like Dorset, where the property-tax rate will go up nearly 35[cents] per $100 of property value, Act 60 has been met with fury and defiance. The elementary school principal quit when she was forced to let teachers go and scale back art and music classes. Last year the Inn at Willow Pond, a major corporate conference center, gave $25,000 to charity. This year, when the charities called, "we told 'em to call Montpelier--all that money went to Act 60 taxes," says owner Ron Bauer. Even angrier are affluent parents who moved...
...people in the receiving towns see things differently. They point to the years of excessive taxes, shuttered businesses and struggling schools they endured because their property-tax bases weren't robust enough to support decent schools. "Was it fair for [rich towns] to have an advantage when somebody else's fundamental rights--in this case, a public education--were being denied?" asks Allen Gilbert, a parent from working-class Worcester. Spreading the burden through the state, says Randolph school-board member Laura Soares, whose town can now afford to build a new elementary school after a 30-year wait...