Search Details

Word: trick (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...philosophical offshoot of Reagan's impulse to deregulate was the 1986 tax-reform bill. Although the primary goal was to lower tax rates a lot, to encourage work and investment, the trick was to pay for it by eliminating most of the exemptions and special tax breaks and shelters, all the ways the government tried to micromanage the economy and control behavior. Reagan and the reformers believed in letting individuals make decisions based on their own view of economic self-interest, not the tax code's. By the end of Reagan's term, the ground had shifted to the point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American President: Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...Trick question: there is only one Elvis Mitchell,” Turner writes. “Maybe you should ask me again after cloning becomes widespread...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elvis Mitchell: Times critic brings Hollywood to Harvard | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

Squaring off twice against Union in the season’s opening weekend, Corriero took an axe to the record books, smoking the Dutchwomen for a school-record six goals in the first game, adding four assists for a record-tying 10 points, before notching a hat trick and three more helpers the following...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Female Breakout Athlete: Nicole Corriero | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...Corriero has always put up the points,” said St. Lawrence coach Paul Flanagan on Feb. 21 after Corriero notched a hat trick and assist to down his Saints 5-1. “She has always put up the numbers. You just don’t see her, and then all of a sudden bang, she’s got her arms up—she’s scored again...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Female Breakout Athlete: Nicole Corriero | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

Though disheartened by its devastating defeat, the Crimson did anything but lie down. Just three days later, Harvard beat the then-No. 10 Bears 12-10 in Providence on the strength of a second-half hat trick by freshman midfielder Brian Mahler...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Sparkle During M. Lacrosse's Season | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

Previous | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | Next