Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Gifford, many fast food places are eager to gain a foothold in Harvard Square...
...independent. But Congress' talk of workfare is completely devoid of any mechanism to achieve these goals. How will welfare recipients magically acquire the skills needed to compete in a market where just 1 in 14 of those who apply for a fast food job get it? Where will they gain skills when such key programs as JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) are being terminated? Pressed further, how can those with an empty stomach even compete in a competitive job market? Congress' answer: they will, or else. What will happen to those who have surpassed their five-year limit...
...right to set their own welfare rules, such as ending benefits before the five-year mark. The legislation is designed to move people on welfare back into the work force, but has eliminated a $3 billion jobs program approved by the House that would have helped unemployed Americans gain the skills they need to find work. While Republican leaders praised Clinton for his courage in signing the bill, many Democrats fear that the bill ignores the needs of children and will reduce thousands of people to poverty. "Clinton would not promise to sign the bill if this...
...nation's riskiest airports, which include New York City's John F. Kennedy. While the FAA had rated the four airports visited by its inspectors as "good to very good," undercover agents from the inspector general's office reached dramatically different conclusions. In 15 out of 20 attempts to gain entry to supposedly secure areas, agents had little trouble: they got into aircraft-parking areas, baggage areas, and one agent managed to slip an unarmed hand grenade through a metal detector...
...only has TWA survived, but the carrier once piloted by mogul Howard Hughes and later by corporate raider Carl Icahn has been enjoying a financial turnaround. Just hours before Flight 800 went down, TWA reported a $25.3 million profit for the second quarter, a fivefold gain over the same period a year ago. And with passenger traffic growing, and its $300 million cash stockpile rising, TWA has been planning to add as many as 40 Boeing 757s and 15 McDonnell Douglas MD80s to modernize the U.S. industry's oldest fleet (average age: nearly 20 years). The airline canceled a party...