Word: collect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caller identified himself as Curt and spoke in the sympathetic tones that often win the trust of a senior. He commiserated with Downs over her troubles and then told her that her luck was changing: she had just won a prize worth tens of thousands of dollars. But to collect it, said Curt, she first had to buy something from a company called Professional Marketing Inc. in Las Vegas...
...Internal Revenue Service should study the Mormon church's use of power and guilt to collect a 10% tithe from its members. The IRS might find out what happens to church members who fall short of the 10%: privileges and positions are withheld; there is no admission to any temple; and they cannot reach the top rank of the three levels of heaven. TRACY A. BREEDING Denton...
Will Dorothy ever collect $1 million from her? "Are you kidding?" says Lynne. "I make $425 a month. I'm a full-time student. I clean an office building part time to have some pin money. Do you think she's going to get $1 million? I own no property. I have no savings." Nor does she have money to fight the ruling. "My attorney's fees are in excess of $14,000. I'd love to appeal, but there's nothing...
...Just quit working. I'm nearly 66 and retired, but I earn too much now as a writer to qualify for a Social Security pension. If I were to loaf full time, however, I could collect about $15,000 a year...
Benefits thus must go on increasing, needed or not, even if they drive the programs paying the benefits (Social Security, Medicare) toward bnkruptcy. Moreover, there is not the slightest sign this mind-set will change. So maybe I should collect that pension after all. It's robbery, and I know it. But why should I be the only sap who spurns a share of the loot...