Word: craig
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...Craig Orfield, a Republican spokesman for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, defended the increases to the Times by pointing out that Congress has actually increased student loan funding, from $52 billion in 2004 to $62 billion this year. He argued that the increases in interest rates were necessary to reduce the federal budget deficit...
...Craig Jones has just finished dumping 400 trash cans' worth of garbage into the Cincinnati Textile Building's basement compactor. The weighty refuse he carries each night hardly fazes Jones after five years on the job, but the grime he has to scrub off dirty wastebaskets still gets to him a little. "Wiping spit is a tough thing to get used to," he says. Jones, 27, earns $6.50 an hour without benefits, vacation time or sick days. His employer, Professional Maintenance, a cleaning contractor, usually schedules him for just four hours a night, five nights a week, so Jones' biweekly...
...Craig Jones knows that firsthand. It is 10 p.m., and he is back home after another four-hour janitorial shift. He microwaves a Stouffer's dinner and grabs a Coke from his cabinet, which is mainly stocked with canned corn and some pumpkin filling that Jones got from a food pantry around Thanksgiving. He has been looking for a better-paying job during his off-hours but hasn't found one, so he is pinning his hopes on the Justice for Janitors campaign. "I'm not looking for a handout," he says. "But I feel like I'm stuck...
...Meet Craig Kelley and Patty Nolan—rebels with a cause...
...Craig Kelley wants to jolt the Cambridge Public Schools system out of what he says is its long-term complacency. But he needs no jolt himself...