Word: rent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turmoil and uncertainty of the United Nations.* Among other things, Goldberg's move entails a salary cut-from $39,000 on the court to $30,000 as ambassador-although the U.N. post carries such perquisites as an embassy apartment in the Waldorf Towers ($33,000 annual rent), a limousine and a big expense account...
...bill's facets, the only one contested with any real heat was the provision that the Federal Government will subsidize lower-income families who move into private, nonprofit developments. The Government will pay the difference between 25% of the family's income and the rent bill-it would chip in $15 a month, for instance, if the rent was $115 and the income $400. A "lower-income family" is not precisely defined; the bill provides that only those who are eligible for public-housing aid in their own city will be eligible under the new program. But such...
...rent-subsidy section came under some scathing criticism; Virginia's Harry Byrd, even before the debate began, denounced the plan as "renti-care." A Republican-backed amendment that would have killed the provision was defeated by a 47 to 40 Senate vote. But that count sounded closer than it actually was: Democratic leaders had at least another half-dozen votes in hand, if needed...
...little burden from him, even though it may not amount to much, I think that would be a real contribution." If Humphrey has totally reduced himself to the role of friendly adviser, he has not done so without a sense of humor. He has picked up the familiar Avis Rent a Car slogan. "I try harder," he says. "I have to. I'm only...
...about a lawyer, but, as portrayed by engaging Peter Falk, O'Brien may be TV's first loser-hero. He ducks out of the office to the race track or a crap game, where he's chronically behind, is also nine months in arrears on his rent, and is more or less consistently chased by his ex-wife for back alimony...