Word: minore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afford better lawyers during the settlement. For another, says Frank Furstenberg, sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author of a study on children of divorce, "women continue to support the children, and child support doesn't make up the difference." Two-thirds of all divorces involve minor children, and according to Columbia law professor Martha Fineman, author of The Illusion of Equality, the average annual child-support payment is only around $3,000. "Equality is being applied with a vengeance against women," she says. "Assumptions are made about women's ability to earn wages that are unrealistic, given...
This whole computer/internet thing leaves me a bit mystified. Aside from a very few niche applications in business and certain of the sciences, of what practical use are computers or the Internet? The minor applications in business and research are valuable, but otherwise computers look to me like nothing more than expensive toys--Barbie dolls for spoiled and bored grownups--and the Internet browser programs look suspiciously like this year's dresses for Barbie. MARTY MELTZER Morton Grove, Illinois...
RELEASED. BARRY GOLDWATER, 87, conservative icon and former Arizona Senator; from a Phoenix hospital following treatment for a minor stroke...
...early start on campaigning have been held up by disputes over two smaller funding measures. One is a $19 billion bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration that Democrats say would make it easier for Federal Express to stop its truck drivers from unionizing. Throw in minor disputes about funding for national parks, and Senators may have to put off their flights for another day. -->