Word: payday
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...something that only hurts women on payday. Sure, it can sting knowing that your coworkers earn more than you for doing the same job, but the real harm comes later down the road. Lower wages mean less money contributed to 401Ks, Social Security and other retirement-age savings plans. And that means more older women, especially women of color, are living in poverty - even those who?ve worked full-time jobs for forty or fifty years...
...qualified. I feel confident in saying that 99 out of 100 PGA Tour players would have gone back to the B.C. Open, no question. They would have gone with the confidence that they play well there, and that they stood an excellent chance of a large payday since the Woodses of the world would be in the auld country, scything gorse...
...Superstars? The Mariners and their fans are understandably pleased as punch at the way this season is turning out - they lost franchise centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. to free agency and his hometown of Cincinnati before the 1999 season, and Alex Rodriguez to a the biggest payday in baseball history, a ten-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers...
...forgiving Iverson didn't press charges. Neither did the Sixers organization, though Pat Croce says he hasn't spoken to his brother since January. Iverson--also the league's top scorer--has a six-year, $70.9 million contract. Let's hope John Croce's final score wasn't on payday...
Some of the revelations surrounding Bill Clinton's eleventh-hour pardons have fallen under the "Gosh, that's embarrassing" category. Take Hugh Rodham's lobbying effort - and his $400,000 payday after securing two pardons from his brother-in-law. Or even the weekend allegations that Rodham asked White House lawyers about pardons or commutations for Nora and Eugene Lum, a high-powered couple convicted of making illegal campaign contributions to Democrats. (The query, if it was made, was unsuccessful - neither Lum was pardoned...