Word: parenting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...insurance company thought. A close look at the lien documents disclosed that someone had omitted three little zeros, thus entitling Prudential to $92,885 instead of $92,885,000. The mistake loomed large this month when McLean Industries, parent firm of United States Lines, sold the ships for $67 million. In a settlement approved by a federal court last week, McLean agreed to give Prudential the proceeds from the sale of the ships -- minus $11 million. That was the price McLean demanded for disregarding the missing zeros...
...Conde Nast's Traveler will be appearing in Manhattan federal court this week to respond to a lawsuit by National Geographic's quarterly Traveler charging that the overall appearance of Evans' magazine is strikingly similar to National Geographic's publication. At Trips, Ziegler denies that hard times in the parent clothing chain will trim the magazine's sails. And industry analysts still wonder if the market can soak up so many go-go competitors -- particularly since travel- related companies put only one-fifth of their ad budgets into travel magazines...
Because housing is so unaffordable, the report said families are forced to stay in rental homes. Brown and Apgar said in the study that they estimate, "Young, single parent families with children pay over 50 percent of their income on rent." And those who cannot afford to rent homes remain in subsidized housing or are forced onto the streets, the report says...
February 6, 1988: Civil rights leader Coretta Scott King writes a letter to Harvard support staff endorsing HUCTW and its parent union, AFSCME...
...price of $7,990 made it comely even to cash-conscious commuters, who did not mind that it had only two seats. A molded plastic exterior and an engine placed just behind those seats to improve handling gave the auto a justifiable reputation for innovative design. But last week parent company General Motors, citing decelerating sales, suddenly slammed the brakes on all future production of the Fiero (the Italian word for proud...