Word: certain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Board's solution: leave a certain chunk of a family's assets out of the picture when calculating how much money they can afford to give up. The size of this portion is custom-tailored for a given family, based on the number of children and their ages...
According to Joyce, when the IM was created in the 1950s, very few employers offered retirement savings for their workers. But the situation has changed, he says, and now it is safe to assume that families with an income over a certain amount will have some retirement money provided for them...
...problem is called path-dependency. It breaks the cardinal rule of economics, that inefficiencies in a product will eventually be weeded out if there is adequate competition. Unfortunately, once a path has been established for a certain technology or process to develop, it becomes difficult to break out of that mold--even though the mold itself may actually be a hindrance...
...return has given me a lot of help from a breaking standpoint," Majmudar said. "The doubles definitely helped; you are hitting specific returns to certain spots against top national opponents...
...religious and moral objections to abortion, the fact remains that safe and accessible abortion is the legal right of every woman in this country. UHS's refund policy starts on the slippery slope toward restricting that fundamental right and more importantly makes a philosophical statement that personal opposition to certain medical procedures takes precedence over the public health concerns of the Harvard community...