Word: chunk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hidden cost. Chemicals, mining wastes and a broad range of other hazardous materials have fouled water, land and air across America. Billions have already been spent undoing environmental damage. Many more billions will be spent in coming years. Industry itself is footing part of the bill. But the largest chunk will come from taxpayers--a massive corporate-welfare program...
...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...
Knowing that this chunk is exempt from consideration should inspire families to save, though Hudson adds families are supposed to save for a portion of the college cost...
...would you like to pay only a quarter of the real estate taxes you owe on your home? And buy everything for the next 10 years without spending a single penny in sales tax? Keep a chunk of your paycheck free of income taxes? Have the city in which you live lend you money at rates cheaper than any bank charges? Then have the same city install free water and sewer lines to your house, offer you a perpetual discount on utility bills--and top it all off by landscaping your front yard at no charge...
...further apart. Wye offered no proof the talks would succeed, but there were surprising hints of new life in the peace process. Netanyahu's right-wing coalition partners are outraged at the deal but have nowhere else to go. The Prime Minister seemed to be grasping for a big chunk of the center, whose support depends on continued progress with Arafat. Another factor, the Americans at Wye observed, was how well the next generation of Israeli and Palestinian officials got along. While the leaders sometimes screamed and raged, the younger ones, who know one another from joint service on technical...