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...town is solidly middle-class. The median household income is $29,882, slightly below the state average of $32,252, but only 75 of 2,050 households are on public assistance...
...better equipped to help raise our kids, send them off to school in their uniforms, turn off the trash on TV, get them home safely before dark. And as Dole set out to define himself to the American people, he staked his claim to be head of the household: baby boomers may think a father should be a friend to his children; Bob Dole says he should be a model for them...
...Ellington sound was a dapper, diminutive musicians' musician named Billy Strayhorn. From 1938 until his death of cancer in 1967, Strayhorn was Ellington's artistic alter ego--bolstered and publicly praised by the Duke but working always in his shadow, less an employee than a member of his extended household...
...shows, although diabetes and bypassed arteries now require some no-calorie alternatives. So Puzo devours books. Volumes of classic and contemporary works fill the house in Bay Shore, Long Island, that he bought with the first money he earned from The Godfather. His daughter Virginia runs the household, and Carol Gino, the nurse who cared for his wife Erika before she died 17 years ago, is his loving companion. Sons Anthony and Eugene look after his financial interests...
Many filings are triggered by unforeseen big expenses that come on top of a household's existing mountain of debt. "More medical expenses are not being covered by insurance," notes Ronald Weiss, a bankruptcy attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. "This, coupled with the general increase in medical costs, is responsible for more individuals needing to avail themselves of bankruptcy court." Another factor is gambling, as chances to roll the dice have multiplied. Weiss has noted an upsurge in filings in Kansas City, where four Missouri River boats serve as floating casinos. Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Kevin Benjamin is convinced...