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...almost impossible--just ask any single mother who has tried hounding a tightfisted ex. But a set of federal laws that took effect last week should put more pressure on feckless fathers. Called the Child Support Enforcement Amendments, they require states to deduct support obligations from a delinquent's paycheck or lose out on some federal welfare funds (22 states already have similar programs...
...players in basketball, former Georgetown Center Patrick Ewing last week took a giant step toward becoming one of the richest. The Jamaican-born 7-footer ended months of negotiations with the New York Knicks, signing a contract with the National Basketball Association club that calls for a $1.7 million paycheck in 1985 and up to $30 million over the next ten years. The deal makes him the highest-paid rookie in nba history. Ewing, 23, who averaged 14.6 points and 9.6 rebounds for the Hoyas last season, appeared to remain above the media furor surrounding his professional future. "I feel...
...socialized to think we're not leading meaningful lives if we don't get a regular paycheck," says Eric Kilburn, who is now in Nicaragua as a member of Arts for a New Nicaragua, a Brookline-based group dedicated to cultural exchange. "We don't just live like Bohemians, living under a bridge...
...would doubt that Tom Wolfe, 53, has very good stuff when it comes to writing slam-bang journalism. But Wolfe's newest project, a novel titled The Bonfire of the Vanities, is another story. Or is it? Rolling Stone magazine has signed him, for a $250,000-plus paycheck, to write Vanities in 27 cliffhanging installments, in the venerable tradition of Dickens, Zola and Dostoyevsky. The real cliffhanger is how long Wolfe can keep tapping the muse without missing an issue. "Two-week deadlines are very rough," admits the author, who has holed up, luxuriously enough, in Southampton...
...growth of low-wage, low-benefit, low-skill, low-security jobs explains the need for a two-paycheck family income. But why should the two-paycheck family be the envy of the world? Gene Damm Albany...