Word: rent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Heather Beck, 23, earns $1,200 a month at a machine shop in Spokane, Washington. She is the only employee left following layoffs last month. Heather handles everything from typing and filing to the actual machine work. Her rent and day-care costs alone total $1,000. Last month, she reports with great pain and embarrassment, she had to borrow $200 to pay her landlord. "It just about killed me to do it,'' recalls Beck. "I don't even know how I'm going to repay...
...broke the city's rent control laws,overcharging his tenants. He had a responsibility[during the debate over Question 9] to say thatthis was a law that he ran afoul of. Instead, heattempted to sort of squirm his way out," Turksays...
...There was a fight [over ending rent control]and they lost, and now they're mad," Fried says."The decision about rent control was taken to thehighest state authority and they lost 5-0 in theSupreme Judicial Court," he adds...
...bring a huge picture with a heavy gilt frame. Harvard hates nail holes. Instead, the Yard powers will provide you with "poster gum," which is basically useless. Find other ways to hang pictures, or get used to minimalism of blank walls. Besides, you can rent original pictures from the Fogg collection cheap-the only fee is to cover the cost of insurance...
...some problems moving in," agreed Kay-Enno Pauls. "I couldn't rent a fan. I'm going...