Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...current tax system discriminates against capital gains in one way: it ignores inflation. If a stock has doubled during a time when the general price level has also doubled, the real profit is zero, but you'll pay a capital- gains tax anyway when you sell. Of course, the same is true of interest -- an 8% return on a money-market fund at a time of 5% inflation is really only 3% -- but no one is proposing to do anything about that. Furthermore, no one is proposing to limit the deduction for interest paid. In a world with no taxes...
...example, is supposedly almost invisible to radar because its sleek shape and special composite construction tend to absorb rather than reflect electronic signals. The same techniques will soon be used to introduce stealth missiles, ships, satellites and tanks. Moreover, military designers have developed missiles and other weapons that can zero in on electronic signals and thus destroy the ships and planes carrying radar. Faced with these trends, some Pentagon experts have raised a disturbing question: Is radar becoming obsolete...
From the outset, the Bruins succesfully pushed the ball up the field, constantly challenging the Crimson defense and putting extra pressure on sophomore goalie Lisa Yadao. In fact, Brown had already chalked up six penalty corners to Harvard's zero by the end of the first period...
...have to hope everyone else loses two games," Getman said after the Yale. "Before the Boston University game [which Harvard won, 2-0], we decided that we were starting a ground zero. We're 1-1 now. Hopefully, we can go 6-1 to end the season...