Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ontario-bred real estate king, Robert. Never mind that Campeau's quixotic takeover of the U.S. department-store chains Allied and Federated led to bankruptcy for both, or that even his own holding company ousted him from its chairmanship. The movie's makers acknowledge that theirs is a "generous" view of Campeau as an enterprising hometown hero who made fortunes for others before falling victim to a nefarious "Wall Street milieu...
...apportioning the burden, which now falls more heavily on lower-income workers. Removing the cap would provide an estimated $25 billion in new funds for the universal plan. Congress should then shift the entire federal Medicaid budget to the universal-health program, which would give it a generous $115 billion in its first year...
...upper-class Americans. That is because companies can write off every dollar they spend on health care as a business expense, which may help explain why corporate America did so little to contain the costs until they got out of hand. At the same time, employees who enjoy generous benefits plans pay no taxes on the thousands of dollars in health-care coverage that their companies provide for them...
...poor people." I'll be accused of racism. The fact of the matter is, Californians are having to pay a disproportionate share of the national burden for supporting the poor. What we are going to have to do, I think, is either make an internal decision to be less generous or, better, ask the Federal Government -- notably the Congress -- to give some relief on these mandates because their good intentions are threatening the stability even of rich states like California. There is a limit to what we can absorb...
...were offended by his high- handed ways, his expensive taste and his lavish patronage to family and friends. Ozal was also blamed for an inflation rate now estimated at 70% a year. Prices were pushed even higher a few months ago after Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, 43, handed out generous wage increases to public employees in the hope of winning their votes...