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...back in the ditch. You can't live on $6, $7 or $8 an hour and have anything to fall back on. Or save anything. Most folks who live on those kind of wages don't have bank accounts or credit cards, which makes them incredibly vulnerable to predatory payday lenders. They live a very difficult life. They're trying to survive day to day. And instead of getting ahead, which most families want to focus on, they're focused on survival...
...number of the most famous British heists - notably the Brinks Mat bullion raid at Heathrow airport in 1983, when thieves took gold worth $45 million - police and underworld lore insists that the gangs had no idea of the value of their haul. For a crook, an unexpectedly large payday can be as much a curse as a blessing. You have to do something with stuff you've stolen, and if you've stolen a lot of it, your problems multiply. More people know that there's hot money or goods around, so security is compromised; that gives fences the chance...
...number of the most famous British heists--notably the Brinks Mat bullion raid at Heathrow airport in 1983, when thieves took gold worth $45 million--police and underworld lore insist that the gangs had no idea of the value of their haul. For a crook, an unexpectedly large payday can be as much a curse as a blessing. You have to do something with the stuff you've stolen, and if you've stolen a lot of it, your problems multiply. More people know there is hot money or goods around, so security is compromised, and that gives fences...
...wrenching comparison that best illustrates that something may be amiss: in 2005, the average diversified stock fund returned 6.7%; bond investors gained under 1%; the average stock rose just 3%, according to market tracker Lipper. Those seriously sub-par returns don't square with a record Wall Street payday...
...List and the enigmatic lover in The English Patient. But those hits, both of which won Oscars for Best Picture, are, respectively, 12 and nine years old. Since then, he has used his wattage to choose parts that suit or stretch his range. He is less worried about his payday or the films' potential grosses, although he can wince over those that failed. Of The Avengers, a high-profile flop, he rues "some spark not there" with co-star Uma Thurman and curses an inapt chapeau: "I looked crap in that bowler...