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...crashed down the stairs. "Hey mum, I was teacher. Can I have money? Can Kara and I go to the store? I want bubblegum." My mother gave each of them a dime and they walked down the street to the little store. Hand-in-hand with the girl next door, the vegetable went to market...
...bishop, a portly libertine who cares more about his lunch and his feud with the secular power of the local governor than about the ravings of a boy with a holy mission. His admonitions to refrain from "subverting the established order" ring as hollow as a parody of a dime-store dictator...
...wage nearly 44% over the next four years, to $2.30 an hour. But men like Meany and Wurf learned long ago to read the fine print in any proposal. They were predictably annoyed that this year's increase would only be from $1.60 to $1.90 an hour, a dime less than the Administration itself proposed two years ago. The earnings of a full-time worker who got the minimum wage this year would stay well below the poverty line for an urban family of four. Moreover, Brennan did not advocate extending minimum-wage coverage to any of the millions...
...spokesman from the National Council of Churches said that marijuana is a "nickel and dime" affair compared to the dangers of alcoholic beverages...
Last year, Boston's residents and businesses sent $2.2 billion to Washington in taxes, but our direct return will be cut in half--our loss will be $100 million. Our direct return on the federal tax dollar then, will be cut from a dime, to less than a nickel...