Word: household
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...intensely physical guy who grew up in a household with four brothers and no sisters and who never did very well as a student, McGwire, 35, has embraced a Jeffersonian rationality. And at the same time, he's got this softness that also plays against type. If Aristotle and Oprah had spawned, and there was, like, a lot of red dye around, the result would have been Mark McGwire. He's deeply devoted to his son and his charity for sexually abused children. He's been going to a therapist every week since 1991, and plans on continuing long after...
...drive, pouring dimes and quarters from their allowances and the proceeds from lemonade, toy and T-shirt sales into an old water-cooler bottle. "It makes me really angry that these people could be traded just like pets," said Doni Taipalus, 9, who chipped in $6 he earned from household chores. Each time the children raised enough to free one person, a brown-paper cutout was pasted on the classroom wall...
Should you convert? You'll have to pay income tax on the amount you shift. But the money can be withdrawn tax-free in retirement. Generally, if you meet the income limits (less than $100,000 household income), won't need the money for at least 10 years, and can pay the tax without dipping into IRA funds, you should convert. By doing so before year-end, you get to spread the resulting tax bill over four years. If you've already converted and find that your stocks or funds have fallen in value, reconvert to cut your tax bill...
Court TV and the O.J. Simpson trial made household names of Marcia Clark, Johnnie Cochran and Christopher Darden. We followed the Simpson case from its beginnings for unknown reasons--perhaps it was the murder, the celebrity, the racist conspiracy theories, the still-shocking taboo of an interracial marriage--and we followed the lawyers as well...
1920s Painful depression in 1920 and 1921. The downturn is immediately followed by unprecedented growth. By 1929, nearly every household in America...