Word: caps
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Although Berryman received a voucher to cap her rent payments at 30% of her income, she quickly learned that even with the subsidy, she could not afford a place that improved much on the one she had left behind. She had to move three times before finding a place where she felt secure. Her first apartment, a two-bedroom walk-up in an economically struggling neighborhood in the Far North Side, appeared fine at first, and at $585 a month was in her price range. "It was a relief to not have to duck when I walked...
...France, the Commission is in the cross hairs because of a recent proposal to reduce Common Agriculture Policy subsidies, the biggest beneficiaries of which are France's notoriously volatile farmers. The government of President Jacques Chirac, who already blocked cap reform in 1999, has made it clear that the French will do so again. Nine other member states have aligned themselves with France. Meanwhile, four other members have said the cap reforms do not go far enough, leaving the Commission caught in the middle...
...obvious problems with 401(k)s--demonstrated in the collapse of plans at Enron, Global Crossing and other once high-flying companies--there are seldom-discussed issues, including poor performance and what is known as leakage. The average 401(k) plan's equity holdings are concentrated in large-cap companies, so their returns track the S&P 500, which has dropped 44% from its peak. Over the long run, experts say, 401(k) returns lag behind professionally managed pension funds by 1 to 2 percentage points a year. And as if meager returns were not bad enough, when people change...
...frozen continent of Antarctica is almost equally deadly, but at the other end of the temperature scale. Drill into the ice cap a mile, then another, and you reach, improbably, a body of water known as Lake Vostok that rivals Lake Ontario in size. While scientists haven't yet drilled into the lake itself, they have pulled up samples of frozen lake water clinging to the bottom of the ice cap that contain unmistakable evidence of microbial DNA. Although it hovers near the freezing point, cut off from light and outside nutrients, Lake Vostok is teeming with microorganisms. "Nobody," marvels...
...else fails, there's one last surgical approach: total knee replacement. It's a major operation that involves removing the worn-away knee cap, replacing it with a plastic one and resurfacing the adjacent bones with plastic and metal veneer. It requires months of postsurgical physical therapy, but doctors report that the operation is up to 90% effective. Or at least they think...