Word: median
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...economy has long been geared to two-income families; many families could not afford a middle-class life-style without both parents working. The real median income of parents under age 30 fell more than 24% from 1973 to 1987, according to a study by the Children's Defense Fund and Northeastern University. But social programs rarely reflect those economic realities. Growing financial pressure all too often translates into fewer doctors' visits, more stress and less time spent together as a family. Between 1950 and 1989, the divorce rate doubled: 1.16 million couples split up each year. That makes...
...major roadblock now standing before the land bank scheme is a debate over who will receive first crack at the new housing--if and when it is built. The current proposal calls for housing to be built for any family making 80 percent of the Boston area median income of $44,625 a year. Under that plan, preference would be given to families making $22,313 annually, or 50 percent of the median income...
...both sides, the leadership, such as it is, grows more evasive, craven and empty. In a war of victims, no one plays the grownup. Among the Palestinians, effective moral authority now has a median age of 14 or 15 and a good throwing arm. Fathers and grandfathers have signed over their moral duties to the children in the streets. The traditional patriarchy begins to disintegrate. The Palestine Liberation Organization still serves as banner and facade, but many Palestinians believe that it is increasingly feckless, corrupt and out of touch. The failures of leadership on either side of the struggle collaborate...
Houston's bargain-price land and labor have lured dozens of companies, including small steel mills, toolmakers and clothing manufacturers. The cost of office space, at $15 per sq. ft. (compared with $43 in Manhattan), is among the lowest in the U.S., and the median $69,000 price for a single-family home is about 30% below the U.S. average. At the same time, aggressive promotion has helped Houston keep its newcomers close to home. When fast-growing Compaq Computer hinted that it might pick another locale for a 4,000-worker plant expansion, community leaders assembled a $7.7 million...
...were ever possible to doubt that the cost of a college education posed a prohibitive class barrier, those doubts should be dispelled now. In fact, as a percentage of the median family's household earnings, a Harvard education costs more now than it did 20 years ago, 25 years ago, even 50 years ago! So much for progress...