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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...
...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...