Word: householder
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...edge of the culture as well as the continent--that embraced the misfit, dreamer, bohemian, gay, artist, hippie, rabble-rouser types who had been flocking there in successive waves since the Gold Rush and in whose company I counted myself. My first digs were in a feminist communal household on Potrero Hill, where we shared meals, child care and feelings for a grand total of $500 a month rent, or $150 for my share. It was the perfect arrangement, allowing me to live well (with "vu") and follow my bliss as an actress and writer for a song. Practically everyone...
...staggering amount of lost wealth over the past year is perhaps the most oppressive development. Half of all households own stocks, up from 4% in the early 1950s. Stocks account for about 20% of total household assets, and because stocks fell last year, the net worth of the average American declined for the first time since 1945, according to the Federal Reserve. In the past six months, the market value of household stocks and stock funds fell more than $2 trillion--roughly the same amount of money households earned through wages...
Broadband growth figured to be limitless. Given that every business and every household is moving online, data transmission has been expanding at phenomenal rates. But as phone companies and Internet service providers sprang up everywhere, capacity raced light-years ahead of demand. So the price for using the pipes tumbled, hobbling the telcos' ability to expand and to buy more gear. "Never in the history of industry has the sheer number of competitors been so underestimated and misunderstood," says former AT&T Broadband president Leo Hindery. "And never have the implications of technology advancement been so misunderstood as well...
...broadband revolution promised to bring every household fast Internet access along with video-on-demand, interactive TV and the ability to flash Libraries of Congress around the world at whim. Amazingly, the sellers of this dream overlooked the fact that many homes and offices connect to the 21st century fiber network with twisted-pair copper wires--late 19th century tech. These could hardly keep up with the bandwidth demands of the Napster...
...MAKING IT MATTER, designed to help girls understand engineering. To earn this one, scouts can "review the ingredients" of household products...