Word: median
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...handle the day-to-day operations, allowing McLarty to concentrate on minding Clinton and worrying about long-range planning, which will initially mean holding three-day-a-week 8:30 a.m. conferences aimed at shepherding what remains of Clinton's economic plan through Congress. Neel at 47 exceeds the median age in the White House by at least a decade and brings adult supervision to the place. But no one has a mean word to say about Neel, and therein may lie a problem. Says a White House aide: "We now have the three nicest guys in the world -- Mack...
...Charles R. Stith, president and founder of the seven-year-old Organization for a New Equality (ONE) in Boston. Both men are pushing versions of the same idea: that economics is the key building block of political power. As Stith points out, in the U.S. the median white family's net worth is about $43,000, in contrast to $4,100 for the median black household. "The inescapable conclusion," he says, "is that we need economic reinvestment and community renewal in urban America if we are going to counter the frustration that fueled the destruction and violence...
...relatively small class of people like doctors, engineers, accountants and financial planners, who can expect to do well by providing highly compensated services to a variety of employers. David Hill, 65, a former chief information systems officer for General Motors, has joined with 17 other onetime auto-industry executives (median salary before leaving their jobs: $300,000) to form a top-of-the-line international consulting group. "In the future," says Hill, "loyalty and devotion are going to be not to a Hughes or Boeing or even an industry, but to a particular profession or skill. It takes a high...
...county, where the median family income is $46,700 a year, is home to a successful Asian-American community of doctors, engineers, teachers and small businessmen. The Tays, Chinese immigrants from Singapore, used the profits from Dr. Alfred Tay's medical practice to custom-build their 8,000-sq.-ft. home in an exclusive section of the city of Orange and to provide costly luxuries for their son and daughter. Stuart was a former Boy Scout, an academic standout at Foothill High School, and a founder of an Asian-culture club who hoped to attend a top-ranked college next...
...stereotype says they've suddenly made it in this country. Proponents of this view are quick to point out that as a group, Asian-Americans have a higher median income level than any other group...