Word: median
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...committee did not offer any specific criteria for changing the transcripts, but possible additions discussed yesterday included listing the median grade for courses, course size and a cumulative grade index...
...makes his way along Chicago's streets spitting, urinating and shouting "Some money, folks, just a dollar," are too far gone to recognize the depth of their suffering. Others, such as Jack Rumpf, 34, know exactly how low they have sunk. Every afternoon, Rumpf stands on the median of a busy Los Angeles intersection, holding a sign that declares him a homeless veteran who would be happy to work for money or food. Each day, motorists lock their doors as they brake for the nearby stoplight, and Rumpf hears the offensive click. He says that "things have changed" during...
Altogether the foreign born had a higher per capita income than the native born ($15,033 vs. $14,367) in 1989, but their median family income was almost $4,000 less than that of the native born...
...Flesh and Bone" marks an attempt by Hollywood to match the unconventionality of smaller independent filmmakers, but ultimately comes back to the median preference for sappy melodrama and comforting, predictable resolutions. As Arlis says: "I don't like surprises--period...
Clinton cuts foreign aid $4.7 billion. Kasich cuts it $13.6 billion. Clinton freezes subsidies to the arts. Kasich slices them in half. He also kills all mass-transit operating subsidies and other subsidies to railroads and airports. By eliminating all Clinton's tax increases, he gives the typical median-income household an annual break of $173 and the typical $200,000-plus household a break...