Word: collectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from injuries is often easier than recovering from the insurance company. Because blame for an accident must be determined before claims are settled in most states, motorists frequently face costly court battles and years of delay before receiving compensation for their pains. One-fourth of all accident victims never collect a dime. Last week Congress took a first step to ward remedying that situation. After heated debate, the Senate passed (53-42) and sent to the House a national no-fault auto insurance bill...
...fine showing of pinball playing, Lilly charged out with 30,000 on the first ball and ended up with 86,000 points for the game, well over the 70,000 needed for a replay. She didn't, however, collect on the lit special that could have put her over 100,000 points with another ball yet to go, but her lead still seemed safe...
...with the bases loaded, two outs, and losing by a run in the bottom of the ninth, the players who make the shoestring catch for a first down and maybe a touchdown. In this case, the competitor who can, with a single ball remaining, somehow collect the all-important victory points...
Other criticism focuses on the U.F.W.A.'s poorly run medical benefits program. Farm Worker Concepción Garcia claims that when she tried to collect a $300 maternity payment from the U.F.W.A., "I was told that I was ineligible because the grower I work for was a thief. I complained, and finally the person in the union office said I could have the money if I would steal his books...
...past, White has asked the legislature to grant the city the power to collect taxes directly from tax-exempt institutions, but lack of success in that direction has prompted this year's suit and proposals, Sullivan said...