Word: benefitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writing from facts. This is just ideology." Indeed, there is little hard evidence to show that welfare alone encourages family breakdown. A study by Sociologists David Ellwood and Mary Jo Bane, of Harvard's Kennedy School, found no correlation between the birth rates for unwed mothers and welfare-benefit levels from state to state. They argue, "As an explanation for the dramatic changes in family structure, welfare benefits are largely impotent...
However, even those who were interviewed for the study often said they were afraid to take advantage of existing city and community programs created for their benefit. Graham, a native of Riverside, said many have asked her, "If I get a grant from the government, then what can the government do to my home...
...country better illustrates the increasingly intimate relations between U.S. and foreign carmakers than South Korea, where autoworkers earning $2.50 an hour (vs. about $15 in Japan and $25 in the U.S.) benefit from a production boom largely of foreign inspiration. Daewoo, the nation's second largest automaker after Hyundai, is preparing to ship next year as many as 100,000 units annually of a new GM subcompact known as LeMans, to be sold through Pontiac. Daewoo is 50% owned by GM. Ford owns 10% of Kia, South Korea's third largest auto manufacturer...
Tailback Ted McCauley spearheaded the Eli attack, as he consistently dove off-tackle behind enormous holes. Yale earned four first downs behind McCauley without the benefit of a pass completion...
...immediate benefit of wielding the ax will be savings estimated at $500 million annually. A more nebulous gain, Chairman Smith hopes, will be the recovery of investor confidence in a company that suffered third-quarter operating losses of $338.5 million. Said Smith last week: "We have progressed to the point where expected efficiencies can begin to pay off. It's been a long, steady course, and we're starting to see the sun coming over the horizon...