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...keep the ones they already have. Through newspaper advertisements and job fairs, institutions hawk themselves with the zeal and in genuity of used-car salesmen. At Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, nurses willing to work nights for six months get a $1,200 bonus plus an extra week of vacation. At Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, nurses on the night shift can take a leased car in lieu of a pay differential. In apartment-tight New York City, Beth Israel Med ical Center has offered subsidized hous ing. Says Rose Hauer, director...
...social life was sharply impaired by increasing deafness. At 74, he brought his renewed collection of some 600 items to the U.S., where it got small attention. But the Smithsonian invited him to display them and, as a bonus, allowed him to live in a small tower room. Within a year, Catlin fell seriously ill and, at 76, died. Congress had still refused to buy his collection; not until six years after his death was Harrison's heir persuaded to donate it to the Smithsonian...
...Hewitt Associates, a management consulting firm. "A valued executive can likely get his package matched somewhere else." Thomas Wyman, 51, left his post as vice chairman at Pillsbury-and some complex golden handcuffs-for the CBS presidency last year after the company offered him a $1 million signing bonus, a yearly compensation package of more than $750,000, and a promise of three years of salary if he is fired...
...foot, three-inch left-hander, reached last night at his Marblehead home, said he signed two one-year contracts, and was given a "substantial" bonus for signing...
...also find it easier to pay for them, largely because their companies often help pay for a substantial amount of vacation costs. Some firms go so far as to offer cash to cover hotel, meals and transportation. About 90% of workers in West Germany receive Urlaubsgeld (holiday money), a bonus that can equal 45% of the salary a worker collects during his paid vacation period. Other companies subsidize vacations by funding resorts and tours for employees. In France, the state-owned Renault automotive firm contributes to the operation of 30 family vacation villages that offer tennis, snorkeling, golf and horseback...