Word: portion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Victoria Merriman '98 completed the final portion of her visual and environmental studies (VES) thesis Saturday night in Rehoboth, Mass. Unlike most thesis-producing seniors, however, Merriman was denied an opportunity to share this moment with the Harvard community because several House masters denied her request to use Harvard property to complete her project. The failure of the officials involved to accommodate Merriman is a disservice to the community and sets a dangerous precedent of censorship...
Fortunately, an alternative solution exists: we can move toward a "fully-funded," privatized system. Individuals could direct a portion of their payroll taxes to their own retirement accounts. They would have the opportunity to invest their savings in stocks and bonds. When individuals retire, they would draw their benefits from their own accounts. In other words, retirees would receive a portion of their benefits from their own savings rather than from payroll taxes on younger generations of workers...
...argue that the sudden increase in stock market investments will cause a dramatic rise in stock prices today. What will follow, they argue, is a big decrease in prices as Baby Boomers withdraw money from their accounts. However, the increased savings resulting from these privatization proposals represents a tiny portion of the total value of U.S. stock and bonds. It is unlikely, therefore, to have any significant impact on stock and bond prices...
...maintains this perceived harm to a small portion of the community is "trumped by newsworthiness. It would have been worse for the whole community if we had to suppress the story...
...better with whiz-bang workouts that fit their hectic schedules. The number of Pilates studios has grown from just five worldwide in 1976 to 500 in the U.S. alone today; businesses that make the equipment report exponential growth in sales. Major gym chains have begun offering the floor-exercise portion of the method. One complaint is that the demand is outstripping the availability of teachers. The other is that this has got to be too good to be true...