Word: condo
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Hawaii to see whether there were any teaching openings for Michael, who at one point had taught an undergraduate film course at Boston College. He got a job teaching English at summer school, so the couple sublet their New York apartment at a profit and moved into a condo in Honolulu that had belonged to Cindy's grandmother, who had recently died...
...only signs of local admiration, but firm reminders that this is the King's beach, unblemished, as a consequence, by the blight of jet skis and girlie bars. The King couldn't save the skyline, marred by a scattering of concrete towers?the detritus of a short-lived condo boom derailed by the Asian financial crisis. But Hua Hin's golden beachfront is lined by 1960s-era wooden cottages where Thai families still gather to watch the waves from worn porches...
...Davis Bunn, won't take as big a cut--50%--as Jenkins did.) But LaHaye doesn't seem like a man motivated by money. Aside from driving a white Cadillac SUV the size of a tank, he and his wife of 55 years, Beverly, don't live lavishly. Their condo in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is at one of the less impressive country clubs, and LaHaye recently gave a seminar in Wichita, Kans., in a sports-coat/paisley-tie/blue-leather-loafer combo that looked as if it could not have been purchased after...
...woman begged her mother to clean up the house and talk about her money situation. Nothing doing--until a year later, when the older woman learned she had cancer. With some urging, she agreed to move to a supported-living condo in New York, and her family found out that she had $20,000 in credit-card debt that she couldn't explain. Helping her was a struggle. "Mom's mostly competent, but not fully," says her daughter, 47. "She's very independent and stubborn and insists on doing a lot for herself...
...having children nearby or in close contact doesn't guarantee that a parent will cooperate in his or her care. Take the case of the New York personnel director. After her mother moved to the nearby retirement condo, she became ill and needed 24-hour home care for a time. Her daughter found the perfect aide, but when the older woman felt stronger, "Mom took out all her frustration on the aide. She was mad that she needed help with things." There was no reasoning with her, so the daughter replaced the aide with someone to help her mom shower...