Word: benefited
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Sadly, all this talk is just that--talk. It is hype created by politicians for the benefit of next year's presidential election. While they may talk about increasing the funding for public education or devoting all of the budget surplus to social security, their actions, like the recent decision to revoke the Glass-Steagall Act, demonstrate that their biggest interest is increasing our country's wealth, or more specifically, the wealth of the nation's top 10 percent...
Clearly, when revoking Glass-Steagall, the government wasn't thinking about the little man. The people who benefit from larger-than-life banks are those in perhaps the top 0.1 percent income range. The reforms enacted by Glass-Steagall hit the deep-pocketed very hard by diminishing the amount of money they could amass at a time. The Act's intent was to redistribute the balance of financial clout in the American economy and thereby prevent another financial crisis like the Depression...
...dance troupe isn't very large. Indeed, Nyatta refers to the gumboot dancers as "a nice, intimate cluster of people." Alexander agrees that the major attendant benefit of the group comes from its inner dynamics. "The dance is all about relationships and camaraderie and a celebration of life. Being part of the group means all of that...
Still, some say the issue is not whether the council itself deserves more money, but whether the student groups who will benefit most from the increase deserve more money...
...lively non-profit spaces. The commercial galleries of Boston often show wonderful works by local, national and international artists, both emerging and established. The galleries tend to migrate from neighborhood to neighborhood every decade or so in search of collectors and cheaper rent, clustering around each other to benefit from the combination of their attractions. Currently, there are two centers, Newbury Street and the South...