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The issue pits traditionally Republican Main Street business proprietors against the highflying Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who have contributed more to Mr. Bush's campaign than any other.
NIPA personal income includes wages and salaries; interest and dividend income; rental income;2 proprietors' income; government transfer payments, such as Social Security, veterans, and unemployment benefits; and employer contributions to pension plans as well as group health and life insurance plans.
Palapa proprietors do a great job of keeping all trash off the island.
In India recently, I went to every bookstore I could find, and even in stores the size of a broom closet in back alleys (where the proprietors surely stocked no book they were not certain they could sell), Stephen King was the second-most-stocked author.
The proprietors' explanation: We're inundated with responses and will be up and running shortly.