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Word: benefitted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Social Security is truly a farce. After turning 22, I had an accident that left me disabled. Although I applied for every form of Social Security benefit, I was rejected because I had not worked the past five out of twelve years. Really now, how could I when I only reached the legal working age four years ago? After paying into the Social Security program for four years, I learn only that rules are rules, and the poor get poorer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 28, 1977 | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...additional racing day, making it difficult for harried stewards and security investigators to keep tabs on all thoroughbreds. The growth of exotic betting devices-super-fectas and the like-with their huge payoffs represents an additional impetus to crooked horsemen. Perhaps the only ones within the racing community to benefit from the latest scandal are the bookies. Says one oddsmaker: "It's very good for business. Every tout around is telling guys, 'Hey, listen, I know something about this horse. It's not really the horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Great Belmont Park Sting | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

JOURNALJIBES: Eliot House's "Evening with Champions" show for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund played to an SRO crowd at Watson Rink last night. Tickets still on sale for today's matinee and evening performances. Bit question is whether Master Heimert will ride the Zamboni machine again...Kirkland added the co-edtouch football crown with a 9-7 win over Winthrop earlier this week.... Quincy topped K-House in the soccer championship, pulling out a 1-0 OT thriller...Intramural hoop and hockey to start slates right after Thanksgiving...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Women Sticking Around | 11/19/1977 | See Source »

About 1500 students gave up their dining hall meals last night to participate in a fast sponsored by the Harvard Hunger Action Project to benefit Oxfam America, an international development organization...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: 1500 People Fast to Aid Oxfam Group | 11/18/1977 | See Source »

...January 1976, after the BRA issued its approval of the original project plans, Boston Edison filed a suit claiming that the project did not constitute an urban renewal project for "public use and benefit...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Utility Firm Brings Suit To Block Power Project | 11/16/1977 | See Source »

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