Managing to present such a theme competently, as Ms. Picoult undeniably does, almost exempts an author from being judged; anyone not moved by the piece on a purely human level seems a churl.
As a golfer, he was almost always exempt from having to qualify for anything.
Moreover, the coastal rim is, almost everywhere, exempted from the prevailing flatness and aridity.
This would exempt almost 3,000 wealthier estates from any taxation and lower the tax for the 3,600 even richer estates that still pay any levy.
Even if they had, tribes would almost certainly be exempt from the ruling because of their sovereignty.
But those estates have almost all been exempted.
The new rules indicate that some workers earning between $23,660 and $100,000 will almost automatically be exempted, including claims adjusters, funeral directors and many computer administrators.
Almost all tax-exempt debt is structured so that after 10 years, it can be called or retired by the city, school district or highway authority that floated it.
WASHINGTON — Just a few years ago, the tax deal pushed through Congress on Tuesday would have been a Republican fiscal fantasy, a sweeping bill that locks in virtually all of the Bush-era tax cuts, exempts almost all estates from taxation, and enshrines the former president's credo that dividends and capital gains should be taxed equally and gently.
If you have missed "Heroes," the NBC Monday-night series about a group of people with extraordinary capabilities, then you have missed everything, which is to say, you have missed a show that exempts almost no subject of current political or social fascination from the roster of its interests.
