Word: facing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct are not dropped, the greatest punishment Averell could face is a fine, according to the sophomore's father, Brian Averell...
...sitting across the dining-room table from Dorothy Coppens, her vibrant 85-year-old mother, who had just been found to be suffering from macular degeneration, an incurable deterioration of the central portion of the retina that is the leading cause of blindness in people 60 and older. "Your face is just a brown smear," Coppens told her daughter. "I guess I'll never see your face again...
There's another downside. I used to think I was missing lots of phone calls by spending so much time online. Now I have to face the fact that I'm not as popular as I thought. Isn't technology great...
...viaticum, a payment given to Roman officials before embarking on a journey) is a way for a terminally ill or elderly person (the viator) to get money before he dies by selling his life-insurance policy at a discount. The discount, usually 10% to 40% of the policy's face value, is based on the viator's life expectancy; once the viator dies and a broker takes a commission, the investor collects the rest of the benefits. A decade ago, viaticals were embraced by the AIDS community as an ingenious way for patients to get some cash for their final...
...hefty, 18% commissions without getting the sellers--often ill, vulnerable people--the best deal available. One viator who went through Alpha Capital Group, a viatical provider that is fighting a cease-and-desist order from Washington State, ultimately received $5,400, or 6% of the policy's $90,000 face value...