Word: household
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...there is any greater pleasure than watching your child vanish into a book, it is following her there to see what she sees. This is how it comes to pass in my household that my almost 14-year-old daughter and I are AWOL for long stretches these days. Her obsession with Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels made me curious. She's a constant reader of novels, from Harry Potter to The Secret Life of Bees, but not typically a fangirl: never got into Gossip Girl, never bought boy-band T shirts or posters. But now, as the release...
...part of a $275 billion stimulus package announced Oct. 30, Tokyo wants to pump households with about $600 for each family of four - a plan that has faced criticism for being insufficient and indecisive regarding who should receive the benefits. "Even if the voucher goes to the households, given the propensity of household consumption, the impact on overall GDP will be very limited," says Nishioka. Says Shirakawa: "People don't want to spend money, even if they get it from the government. Economic reforms are important, but the government needs to make people more comfortable and more confident in efficient...
Five of the children abandoned in Nebraska have been from out of state, but most are local. A majority of the children are older than 13 and have a history of being treated for mental-health issues. Nearly every abandoned child came from a single-parent household. In September, one father walked into a hospital and left nine children, ages 1 to 17. He reportedly told hospital workers that he'd been overwhelmed since his wife died a few days after their youngest was born...
...fact, the individuals who impress me the most are the ones who play, and play tough even though their roles and efforts do not always translate onto boxscores. I’m talking about the players that aren’t Harvard household names but still play like ones (see Rule No. 76 from Wedding Crashers: No excuses, play like a champion...
...even clear the program is needed. Yes, banks and other lenders do appear to be stuck with loans they don't want, some of which will go bad, but so far it doesn't seem like they are pulling back credit from consumers. According to Synovate, the average household had a combined credit limit on all the plastic in their wallet of $27,626, up from $26,902 a year ago. Auto loans are down, but not in a big way, and not nearly as much as you would expect in a bad economy...