To state this was the first income tax is not only absurd but ludicrous, unless the author contends that employers who deduct from their employees pay items required as a term of employment such as meals, uniforms etc. is somehow a form of income tax levied by the government to compensate the employer for such expenses.
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The Oxford English Dictionary documents how the word "rabid" found similar purchase in English during the 17th century, as a term of illness but also as a wrenching state of agitation: "rabid with anguish" (1621), "rabid Griefe" (1646).
An employer could require employees to arbitrate disputes as a term of their employment, but it had to be done fairly, with due process.
Formally, he'll be answering questions on the Bank's November 2012 Financial Stability Report, but there may be a valedictory flavour to his appearance as his term of office draws to a close.
Talk of Bush as a presidential candidate even before he won his second term as governor of Texas in 1998.
With eight days to go before the May 7 special election, Sanford stressed his efforts to rein in spending as a three-term member of Congress and as a two-term governor.
As Julius Genachowski winds down his five-year term as Chairman of the FCC, rumors of his successor are in full swing.
It is thought that General Musharraf may make an announcement after the third and last batch of local elections in August and before his term as head of the army expires on October 7th.
As an innovation, it stands side-by-side with Lucchino having initiated the trend of building baseball-only facilities with an old-fashioned charm and smaller seating capacities, as was accomplished when he conceived Camden Yards during his term as president of the Baltimore Orioles in the early 1990s.
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Until recently it seemed obvious that David Beasley, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, would be re-elected for a second term as governor of the state.
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The fundamental problem we're facing here is not some sort of short-term loss of confidence or short-term loss of liquidity as much as it is the fundamental problem of we need to work ourselves out of this huge housing bubble.
And this is even more true of short-term instruments such as the overnight Fed Funds rate than it is of a longer term bond rate, because as a general rule, the shorter the duration, the lower the risk.
Mr Bradley said the committee supported the general principles of the bill, despite reservations over some matters, such as the use of the term "miscellaneous" as a budget heading.
Pervez Musharraf was sworn in today for a second five-year term as president of Pakistan.
He is facing multi-million-dollar corruption charges relating to a previous term as governor of Zulia state.
And that is why I am re-appointing him to another term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Blatter, who was cleared by the same inquiry, stood unopposed to win his third straight term as head of the governing body.
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He just finished a term as Chair of the ABA Tax Section.
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Michael Mullen appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a hearing to serve a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He recently completed a term as president of the African Union.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that it believes Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will not seek another term as leader of the U.S. central bank.
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He decided not to seek re-election in 2000, a move that opened the seat for Jon Corzine, who later served a term as governor of New Jersey.
In his first term as Speaker of the House, Mr Gingrich forced obstructive committee chairmen into line, turning an ill-disciplined chamber into a coherent force in government.
He was part of a silver medal-winning relay team at the 1994 Lillehammer Games and, after his skating career ended, served a term as president of U.S. Speedskating.
In connection with a hearing on his nomination for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the General was asked by the Committee's ranking member, Sen.
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During his term as chairman of the African Union in 2009, he renewed his calls for a "United States of Africa" that would use a single passport, a single military and a single currency.
In March Jon Corzine, who in November lost his bid for a second term as governor of New Jersey, went back to Wall Street, where he had amassed his fortune during three decades at Goldman Sachs .
Underlying the Collins Amendment was a fight between U.S regulators, in particular, between Sheila Bair, whose term as Chairman of the FDIC expires on July 8, 2011 and John Walsh, acting Comptroller of the Currency.
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Now he is shifting power to the Yugoslav federal presidency, a supposedly ceremonial job he was obliged to take last July because the constitution prevented him from running for a third term as president of Serbia.
In this vein, copyright terms should be shortened, as the current term of 70 years or more provides no incentive for new work and impoverishes culture by interfering with the way in which art builds upon art.
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