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...tough year to be a challenger.”“The thing that makes the incumbents a little stronger is the absence of a critical or emotional issue,” Koocher said. “Taxes were reduced or leveled; crime is really less an issue; rent control is really less an issue. There’s nothing to exacerbate the voters’ fears, concerns, or anything like that.”Many of the challengers, ranging from self-described “progressive” Jesse Gordon to libertarian candidate Bill Hees, have made property...
...drive. But that wasn't always the case. The twins' father founded the Jovan perfume company, a glamorous business that spun off the kinds of glamorous profits that made it possible for the Shipps to amble through high school, coast into college and never much worry about getting the rent paid or keeping the fridge filled. But before they graduated, their sense of drift began to trouble them. At about the same time, their father sold off the company, and with it went the cozy billets in adult life that had always served as an emotional backstop for the boys...
...instance, reportedly received a salary for five years after quitting her job in 1987. Rostenkowski is already under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly trading free stamps for cash at the House Post Office and allegedly using campaign funds and his office account for cars and to rent space in a building owned by his family...
...volunteers, and student call center workers in Pakistan. This kind of technology would have been useful in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when ordinary people wanted to help but didn’t know where to go, Khwaja added. “You and your friends get together and rent a van, decided to buy some tents and some food. This website can tell you where to go and what to take,” Khwaja said. Although Khwaja said the effectiveness of the RISE-PAK initiative is still unclear, he thinks that the technology could be used...
...everything there," she says. "I am the receptionist. The cashier. I open the office, close the office. I'm the one who takes the money to the bank. I do taxes." A widow, she lives alone in an apartment building for seniors. Her four children help with the rent, but she is reluctant to accept anything more. "All my children are great, but I do not like to ask them for anything," she said. "I'm waiting for myself to get old, when I will need their help." For the time being, she says, "I'm going strong. I have...