Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed, the plan would pay less than minimum wage, so participants will not receive enough money during their year of service to fulfill many obligations. The plan would include people from 18 to 25 years of age, many of whom may be single parents, for instance, with no other income to support their families. Those older than 25 are excluded from the plan, and would have no way of receiving federal financial aid should they decide to go to college...
Salenger says her theatrical career began accidentally. She was on location at the set of Annie watching her sister rehearse a dance routine when a girl playing a background orphan became ill. A producer saw her and decided she was right for the part. At age 10, her career was underway. Four years later, Salenger landed her first starring role in Natty Gann. Since that time, she says she has maintained a whirlwind schedule...
Zachary says his mother's career has been marked by a desire for public service, a desire rooted in her decision at the age of 12 to become a lawyer...
...greed that defined the Reagan era may be on the way out, but its legacy remains. Time praised the women of the Bush family for popularizing dresses that cost "only" $800--a mere pittance compared to the $22,000 displays of conspicuous consumption that adorned Nancy Reagan. In the age of shameless accumulation, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that $800 is a hell of a lot of money to most people. For the more than 7 million Americans who work for the minimum wage, it's considerably more than a month's gross earnings...
...this limited world, power is based on access to a bed--access that is legally restricted to males, according to Ramphele. She said that the issue of space therefore determines power relations of race, class, gender and age...