Word: ed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pervasive myth is that recipients of Aid of Families with Dependent Children are a homogeneous group consisting of able-bodied layabouts who procreate recklessly while the rest of society provides support," Wilson wrote in a February op-ed piece in the Boston Globe...
Wilson's op-ed piece went argues that by waiving the two-year time limit for AFDC recipients who are enrolled in approved degree programs, the state can greatly improve their chances of moving off welfare permanently...
...their transgression was nothing compared to that of a Texas pitcher named Ed Vosberg. He may never be an All-Star, but Vosberg, who makes $125,000 a year with the Rangers, did become the Hugh Grant of baseball when he was cited for scalping his All-Star Game tickets outside the ballpark. For Ed it was almost "Welcome to the Hoosegow...
...accomplish that, we need to change ingrained attitudes and gender stereotypes. In an office the other day, I heard someone say that "Ed" was on a four-month maternity leave. I thought I'd heard wrong. In fact, the person speaking was acknowledging a more and more common occurrence--men staying home with a newborn. Our society needs to accept and encourage men's moving into traditionally female roles...
...Ed Harris, who plasy Flight Director Eugene Kranz, exudes this get-it-done-any cost attitude, keeping Mission Control calm, neatly assessing the situation as it unfolds on the ground, soliciting opinions from the various ground controllers and making split-second decisions...