Word: householder
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...seen. George Herbert Walker Bush's initial days in office were marked more by symbolism than substance - he was hardly trying to execute any fancy dives. Bill Clinton's first two weeks - studded by a needless political explosion about gays in the military and its own share of household employee miscalculations - made Obama's seem wildly successful. (See how the world is cashing in on Obama...
...June 26, 1959, Sweden's Ingemar Johansson, who died on Jan. 30 at age 76, stunned the boxing world by knocking out heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. Patterson's four title defenses before he met Johansson had been against fighters who, at best, weren't even household names in their own households. And Johansson, a European heavyweight champion, was believed to be but another in that line, even though he had a 21-0 record with 13 knockouts...
...turning into fodder for political opponents and late-night comedians. It didn't help matters that on Tuesday morning, another Obama appointee, Nancy Killefer, withdrew her name from consideration for the position of chief White House performance officer amid reports that she had failed to pay unemployment taxes for household help in the District of Columbia...
Woodward, Bob • prediction by about Obama administration calls for more nanny- and household tax-related scandals
...chador-clad volunteer says she talks to women wherever she finds them, while shopping for vegetables or at the bakery. Fatemeh Rezai, 38, standing in front of four large file cabinets with detailed health information on each household in her district, says she is proud of the work she does, "especially after hearing our Health Minister say that life expectancy in Iran has gone up from 57 to 73 in just a few decades...