Word: wipes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...came out slowly through the curtain, its varnish glittering, followed by the arm, shoulder and figure of Josh White. And so it went throughout the evening--the guitar and music came first and Josh, the person, appeared only when the music stopped, to say a word or two or wipe his lips. With each song, the chords would sound first, loud and vigorous; then the words would rush in between the chords, pushed forward by the tapping of White's foot and the beat that filled the hall. Josh joined forces with each song, giving it to everybody...
What had dried up the money market? Price thought he knew: double taxation of dividends and high income taxes which made stocks no longer worth the risk or left stockholders little cash to invest. Price's solution: wipe out the double tax on dividends, limit personal income taxes to a maximum of 50%. Said Price: "We need an incentive program for the forgotten man-the stockholder ... If he is to risk his capital he must be given a wage increase...
...books after vactation had always been a chore but now it seemed doubly so, with so much that was new. Already he had wandered into McBride's and buried his nose in a stein of suds that plagued him by suddenly becoming a chocolate malted. He had managed to wipe off his nose, but his eyes were still wistful. Was that the way to treat an old friend? The new catalogue--it looked like the handbook for a numbers racket, and what did one do with a full course, pledged as one was to the same spectacles and classroom from...
...obvious value in good will for the U.S., SESP has had its bumps from the economy-minded U.S. Congress. IIAA's appropriation has been halved, and the agency's power to contract with foreign governments limited to one year. Next winter, the new U.S. Congress may wipe out IIAA altogether...
Last week Dyaks were brought to Malaya again. This time they were hired to help wipe out the Communist guerrillas who have been terrorizing the country (TIME, Aug. 2). As three British Army trucks jolted them into a secret jungle camp, the first contingent of 49 Dyaks whooped a rousing greeting to their new hunting ground...