Word: benefit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Travel Service in West Palm Beach, Fla.: "We have people who will change in Atlanta and accept a layover when they used to fuss. It's just to build up mileage." Passengers go out of their way to stay on the same carrier whenever possible. That is the main benefit that frequent-flyer clubs offer to the airlines. Says John Pincavage, an airline analyst at the Paine Webber investment firm: "The | frequent-flyer plan is the only marketing program that has ensured brand loyalty...
While no one can be sure what will happen over the course of the weekend, the coaches agree that the Crimson is the team to beat, especially since the Harvard swimmers will have the benefit of home-pool advantage...
...Whitla survey, according to the Globe, was returned by 1,409 Harvard freshman. By its very nature, this "universe" is hardly an average sampling of SAT candidates. At a school as selective as Harvard, a smaller percentage of students will seek or benefit from formal testing preparation. (If the Globe article was accurate, 200 of those returning surveys took any form of preparation.) It seems obvious that startingly different statistics would have resulted if this study had been done at the University of Massachusetts...
...events included an afternoon program with a luncheon and an introduction to the GBUH's fledgling Leadership Training Workshop for the homeless. An evening benefit program featured readings by local poets...
Employers are enthusiastic about 401(k)s because they represent an easy and inexpensive employee benefit. Smaller firms that are hard pressed to provide a pension plan for their workers can, at a modest cost, set up a 401(k) in which employee contributions are not matched. Large companies find that they can save money by scaling back their basic pension plans and introducing 401(k) programs...