Word: extended
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...almost a month, legislation to extend the income tax surcharge has been stalled in the Senate. The delay has produced frustration on the part of Republicans, who have been pushing for passage of the Administration's key anti-inflation program, and satisfaction on the part of Democrats, who were determined to use the bill as a lever to bring about tax reform. The struggle has also caused confusion for employers, who have been puzzled about how much tax to withhold from paychecks, and uncertainty throughout the already troubled economy (see BUSINESS...
...scenes, please." Those who complain that girls these days are "easy" fail to understand that in a hectic age girls must accelerate to save time for both themselves and their male friends. People have not stopped making love any more than they have stopped eating. But-to extend the surprisingly adequate parallel with the joys of gastronomy-less time is devoted to both preparation and savoring...
...increasingly alarmed by man's abuse of his own earth. The concern is perhaps strongest in the U.S., where America the Beautiful can all too often be described as America the Polluted, and anxiety about the quality of life has become a rising political issue. Yet the worries extend to every society around the globe where ever-growing industrialization has created a crisis of excessive waste that is poisoning-and not always slowly-plants, wildlife, and indeed man himself...
Price of Reform. Delighted by the House committee's action and by the probability of a House floor vote before the summer recess begins Aug. 13, Senate Democratic leaders lost no time in pressing their new advantage. Mansfield offered to extend the surtax promptly, but that would take it only to the end of November. A further extension vote by the Senate, he said, would come only after the Ways and Means reform package had made its way through both the House and Senate to the President's desk. Republicans denounced the proposition, and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen...
Unhappy Planning. Though U.S. phone service is still excellent when compared with most of the rest of the world, it is deteriorating noticeably in many areas. The problems extend as far west as California, but most are concentrated in the densely populated Eastern U.S. In Boston, New England Telephone says that it is still suffering from the effects of a four-month strike of equipment installers last summer. New York Tel also had a strike, and its woes have been compounded by some unhappy financial planning. In 1968, the company held down capital spending and maintenance in anticipation...