Word: help
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Will it help anyone else?] Not really
...Will it help anyone else?] Yes, it will encourage other Clinton whistle blowers...
Such attitudes help deflect the hostility that big mergers often arouse. Rightly or wrongly, many communities fear that big mergers equal big layoffs and a loss of control over the local economy to faraway conglomerateurs. Since little mergers usually aim at faster growth and, eventually, more employment, they are usually seen as a positive force in the economy--and that perception seems correct...
Competition may provide an alternative. To help slow the growing appeal of viaticals, more insurance companies are offering so-called accelerated death benefits, which, like viaticals, award a certain portion of the policies' face value to terminally ill patients before they die. That way, people can take it with them, and there's little chance that investors will be taken...
...which is why the Arizona Bar Foundation is pioneering a website designed to teach youngsters about the justice system. The site, www.lawforkids.org offers kid-friendly explanations, personal stories from youngsters in trouble, answers to questions ranging from state graffiti laws to federal child labor laws, and links for help and information. The site already averages 38,000 hits a month from across the country, and will soon add audio testimony from kids about their experiences with...