Word: incur
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Trifero faces sentencing on January 8th, and could incur a penalty of up to as much as five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count...
...also came under fire for the high costs individual schools must incur to implement the system. The $50 million budgeted for the project does not cover the funds the separate schools must lay out to set up the technology...
...spent six years in the field of social workcounseling abused children. When I needed to earnmy master's, I realized I could not incur another$30,000 to $80,000 worth of loans on top of my$30,000 from undergrad, only to earn $30,000 as acounselor," another student said. "Tired ofworking three jobs, I left this important andworthwhile work to take a higher-paying...
...enough of them," says Carl Camden, executive vice president of operations. "They have the experience and work ethic employers want." (Camden is too tactful to add that those employers might not want quite so much experience and work ethic if they had to pay for it full-time and incur pension obligations to boot.) Operation able, with seven affiliate offices from Los Angeles to Boston, has built up an over-55 clientele accounting for about a third of those it helps...
Predictably, there are murky areas. Setting up the grill near an obstacle course, for example, could be seen as gross negligence. And don't forget, even if you are blameless, you can be sued and incur legal expenses. So before giving your time to a community board--and especially if you are affluent and perceived to have deep pockets--be sure you are insured. Your biggest risk is that an organization run by volunteers busy with their own lives will simply neglect to renew coverage...