Word: reliefs
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...They say ministers have ignored their pleas, and that price inflation is eating into family spending. With Prime Minister Yves Leterme due to unveil his 2009 budget to parliament on October 14, the unions want a signal that some form of relief is on the cards...
...unions say that since the start of the year, food prices have risen 7.9%, electricity 20%, gas 50% and coal for heating 59%. The consumer price inflation rose 5.46% year-on-year in September. They say the government is still offering businesses "expensive gifts" like tax relief to foreign investors, but it has done nothing to relieve creeping living prices. Union demands include for higher minimum wages, a VAT cut on energy bills, and lower income taxes...
...complemented by the rest of the cast. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10, who plays George, Callie’s friend with benefits, adds an element of comedy to a play that can, at times, get heavy. Alison H. Rich ’09 also adds comic relief as Mrs. Winsley, a witness to the act of violence that changes the lives of Callie and Sara. While a few of the scenes in the hospital room lag, and detract from the ease of the rest of the show, the play mostly maintains a steady pace and keeps the audience...
...Peter Brown, an independent pollster of swing states at Quinnipiac University, put the McCain problem into stark historical relief last week, when he released polls from Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, which all showed McCain slipping. "Senator John McCain has his work cut out for him if he is to win the presidency," Brown said. "There does not appear to be a role model for such a comeback in the last half-century...
Hurricanes have a neat way of reminding Americans of their privilege. Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo experienced a reality check when he visited New Orleans residents seeking relief from Hurricane Gustav late last month. It is unfortunate that it takes a natural disaster for politicians, the media, and the rest of America’s elite to remember the existence of our nation’s poorest districts. It is even more unfortunate that when confronted with this reality, these eminently privileged and powerful individuals can do little more than blame and further punish the victims of a system...