Word: dollars
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...still can't do it alone. Earlier this month, she got a $7-an-hour cashier job at a Family Dollar store; about $30 of her $200-a-week paycheck goes to child care for her son Hayden, 8 months old. She still lives in an apartment subsidized and furnished by Our Lady's Inn. Pointing to her spartan surroundings, she notes, "All the furniture in this apartment is theirs. All of it: the TV, the bed, the couch, the crib, the coffee table, dishes--everything I need...
...hard to argue with. Medicare has no drug benefit; Part D provides one. When Medicare was established in 1965 as a Great Society health-care program for seniors, prescription drugs were a minor planet in the universe of medical treatment. They now account for 11% of every health-care dollar spent. But more than a quarter of the 42 million people on Medicare had no drug coverage at all last year...
...state plan, you may be giving up state tax breaks and other perks for residents.) Beware exorbitant expenses In addition to whatever you might pay a broker, you'll pay annual management fees (which help run the plan) and expense ratios (which help run the underlying mutual funds). Every dollar you pay is a dollar less you'll have available to spend on tuition. So look at plans that have management fees of less than 0.5% and shoot for one that's closer to half that. Expenses on the underlying investments shouldn't be more than 1%. This will knock...
...THRILLS, SKILLS, NO DOLLAR BILLS...
...commitment to fighting grade inflation.)Dignity and respect for workers: 4 out of 10. The administration made some progress in its moral comprehension as it was schooled this fall by an alliance of janitors and students. Our lowest-paid workers won a new contract in November, featuring a five-dollar raise over the next few years from this exceedingly loaded institution we call our own. But it wasn’t quite enough. Many janitors still won’t get to see their families much, because administrators couldn’t keep their promises of full-time work.What...