Word: pinchers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That sounds more like a threat than a promise to critics who think U.S. Healthcare has earned higher marks as a penny pincher than as an efficient health-care crusader. U.S. Healthcare spends about 75 cents of every dollar in premiums on medical care, compared with the 81 cents averaged by managed-care plans in general and the 85 cents spent by Aetna specifically. That means that 14.5 cents of every U.S. Healthcare dollar goes to administration and 10.5 cents goes to profit--an interesting contrast with the 2 cents of every Medicare dollar that goes to administrative costs...
...professed penny pincher, McBride has been salvaging items from the trash around town for practically all of her 30 years living in the city. Fans, lamps and other electrical appliances are prize finds for McBride, but bicycle parts are particularly important for both her and the kids in her neighborhood...
...question now facing 12 Indianapolis jurors is this: What is a real Tyson courtship like? For a living -- oh, and a lavish one -- Tyson hurts people. What does he do for fun? According to tabloid tabulations, he has been cited as a pincher, threatener and "serial buttocks fondler" of women. His ex- wife, actress Robin Givens, accused him of brutality. His former friend, New York State Athletic Commission chairman Jose Torres, said Tyson boasted of all-night sexual marathons with two dozen prostitutes. The popular take on Tyson is that he sees women as nothing more than trophies, punching bags...