Word: payments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...things-and more. He also cheated massively on his income tax, used federal funds to furnish personal residences, told his aides in effect to lie to grand juries, altered (and probably destroyed) evidence in a criminal case, lied to the top Justice Department officials investigating those crimes, ordered the payment of hush money to convicted criminals, offered a prestigious job to a judge who was presiding over a case in which Nixon was intensely interested, fired a special prosecutor without legal cause, and directly challenged the very foundations of the U.S. system of justice. Had Lasky really found another American...
...Unless a reluctant Massachusetts state legislature takes action, Neville is likely to end up with far less than $103,253, O'Brien could be driven from his home, and the city of Boston -O'Brien's employer-could get off with a negligible payment. The reason: Massachusetts is one of twelve states still clinging to an antique doctrine of sovereign immunity, which forbids lawsuits against the government without its consent. The doctrine goes back to a medieval notion that "the king can do no wrong," and was pronounced in the U.S. as a "general proposition" by Chief...
...North Shore, where Stephanie grew up, but found that "the minimum for a bungalow is $70,000 to $80,000." They have now about decided to buy a bigger, older house in Deerfield, Ill, for $71,000. Stephanie's parents will chip in part of the $14,000 down payment, and monthly payments for principal, interest and taxes alone will come to $560. Laments Stephanie: "Those payments are not most of our budget?they are all of our budget." To help swing the payments, Stephanie has gone back to work as a receptionist in a suburban art gallery, putting...
...aunt, plus two younger brothers and a sister to tend. The extended family lives in a two-story frame house bracketed by vacant lots, gutted houses and apartment buildings. Albirtha has not held a job since 1968. One reason: her wage would be less than her $420.60 monthly welfare payment plus the $298.80 she receives in Social Security survivors' benefits?and she would have to pay the cost of a baby sitter besides. Says she: "It's no easy job just sitting here from one year to the next doing nothing...
...medical costs skyrocket and more American women choose natural childbirth, often at home, over the impersonal facilities offered by many hospitals, it seems likely that the trend will accelerate. A bill, currently pending in Congress-sponsored by Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii-would authorize Medicaid payment of fees to nurse midwives. Next week the California assembly will consider a bill, backed by Governor Jerry Brown, legalizing the practice of mid wifery by adequately trained people whether or not they are also registered nurses...