Word: borrowers
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Under the program, all Americans could borrow funds for college from the government. Students could repay their debts either by offering a percentage of their income over time or by participating in national public service projects...
...larger revenue-swelling program involving a 10 percent marginal tax hike on the wealthy and some cost-cutting--all in the hopes of slicing the budget deficit in half during his first term. Much of the plan is exactly what America needs: to move away from the borrow-and-spend Reagan-Bush years; to rebuild crumbling roads, bridges and other elements of the infrastructure; to provide tax credits for new investment, small businesses and research and development...
...borrow a term from Hollywood, Kathleen Battle's recent albums have been very high-concept. Their glossy appeal can be pitched in fewer than 10 words: Kathleen Battle and ((another famous musician)) perform ((mainstream repertory)). Thus last year Battle teamed up with soprano Jessye Norman in a program of spirituals on Deutsche Grammophon that is still going strong as a crossover best seller. In January Battle released an all-Bach album with + violinist Itzhak Perlman, also on DG; it remains near the top of the classical charts. Now, in the new pairing with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, she has another best...
More importantly, each medallion costs $100,000, making it impossible for the ordinary cab driver to own his own vehicle, Gellert discovered. The cab driver must pay a flat rate or percentage to the cab company just to "borrow" the car the day, according to Gellert...
Tyson earned $60 million in his six years as a professional boxer -- including $20 million in 1988 for his 91-sec. title fight against Michael Spinks -- but had only as little as $5 million by last year. Last week he was forced to borrow against his own $2 million retirement account to help pay off the $2 million in legal expenses incurred during his rape trial last February, including a six-figure sum for celebrity attorney Alan Dershowitz to conduct his appeal. Former Tyson accountant Mohammed Khan reportedly claims that the boxer has "no liquid assets," only real estate...