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11 results for RUML from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Feb 18, 1978	12A	Author of the withholding-tax plan	Hugh McElroy	Maleska
Sat Dec 4, 1965	10A	Pay-as-you-go man.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Jun 24, 1962	3D	Pay-as-you-go man.	A. J. Santora	Farrar
Sat Mar 10, 1962	26D	Beardsley ___.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Sep 15, 1961	11D	Father of the pay-as-you-go tax.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Jul 27, 1956	35D	Financier Beardsley ___.	Mel Taub	Farrar
Sun Jul 4, 1954	58A	Father of the Withholding Tax.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sat Apr 4, 1953	55A	Pay-as-you-go man.	Israel Gitter	Farrar
Wed Jan 7, 1953	36A	"Pay-as-we-go" was his idea.	C. M. Fair	Farrar
Thu Mar 6, 1952	6A	He originated the pay-as-you-go tax plan.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Nov 10, 1951	56A	Originator of pay-as-you-go plan.	Unknown	Farrar

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