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...announced his resignation from the Harvard presidency last February, the University’s top governing board asked Derek C. Bok to take the reins while the school searched for a new leader. Bok, of course, agreed to take the job—but he refused to take a paycheck from the world’s richest university...
...sewing regains popularity, it's also evolving. Since many new sewers never learned from their moms--who were often too busy earning a paycheck to spend hours cutting out patterns on the dining-room table--they're looking outside the home for guidance. Sewing clubs on high school and college campuses are flourishing, and there are even summer sewing camps and after-school classes for kids as young as 9. Some older newcomers are heading to chic urban sewing lounges for classes on making handbags, lingerie and cocktail dresses. Others are joining virtual sewing circles on the Internet, in which...
...Democrats across the board urged populist, paycheck messages - and they were traditional messages from the liberal end of the Democratic Party, touching on labor issues, corporate bashing. These issues are becoming more mainstream," Todd said. In fact, the Democrats' approach is similar to the issues that Republicans in the 1970s used to built voter coalitions that created the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s. "Back then, the Republican Party didn't talk about its social issues...
...about 7%, that means at least 16% of that raise would go to higher premiums or new out-of-pocket expenses. Stated another way, your 4% raise is actually closer to 3%. Of course, employers tend to look at it differently. "It's a phenomenon we call the hidden paycheck because companies have essentially been substituting health-benefit dollars for salary and merit increases," says Ron Fontanetta of the benefits-consulting firm Towers Perrin...
...time on Hill matters. Part of that is because of my background in the House of Representatives, and part of it because my continuing job as Vice President is in the Senate. Most people don't realize I'm actually on the Senate payroll. That's where my paycheck comes from...