Word: retainers
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Negotiable Differences. Like the Nixon plan, the Kennedy-Mills program would cover the costs of hospitalization, major medical expenses and catastrophic illness. It would have employers pay a large part of the premiums and retain a role for private insurance companies. It would also require the Government to Supply coverage for the unemployed (who would contribute 1% of their welfare or unemployment benefits) and self-employed (who would pay 2½% of their incomes of up to $20,000). Under the plan, however, the Government, rather than the insurance companies, would collect premiums, enabling it to control private profits. While...
...volcanic eruptions. But about 4 billion years ago, the histories of the earth and moon veered sharply apart. While the weak lunar gravity could not prevent the volcanic gases from escaping into space, the more massive earth held on to its volcanic vapors; it also was better able to retain its internal heat. The atmosphere and seas were formed, creating conditions for the first stirrings of life. Eventually, winds, water and mountain-building eradicated or covered virtually all geological traces of the planet's violent beginnings. In contrast, the moon has remained largely unchanged since its last burst...
Lewis said that Governor Francis W. Sargent, a Republican, will retain his office in Massachusetts. "But these predictions are subject to immediate change," he said...
However, Fitzpatrick said he though students would probably retain the new roles their protests over Moore's appointment had brought them. I think there are a lot of people who will see what's going on right now and not want to see it discontinued next year," he explained...
...have been able to end the state of emergency, which had existed since 13 November." Hardly more than a general outline of the new government's program, the speech nonetheless gave Britons their first clue as to how Wilson and his Labor Party plan to rule and retain power while holding only 301 of the House of Commons' 635 seats. Wilson's strategy is clear: he intends, at least initially, to emphasize safe, popular measures and give the 296 Tories, 14 Liberals and 21 assorted nationalist M.P.s no reason to unite to topple...