Word: savings
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Though teams of all sizes have endured reduced travel budgets, the Athletic Department confirmed that one important aspect of team sports has remained largely intact—the schedules. For the most part, teams aren’t foregoing good competition to save dollars. It hasn’t come to that...
...comes from gambling’s perceived threat on the moral order of the day,” says Bo J. Bernhard ’95, associate professor of sociology at the University of Las Vegas and director of gambling research. “You were supposed to gradually save up your money and put it away for a rainy day, but gambling comes along and promises something for nothing. You don’t have to save a penny a day. You don’t have to save all your life. You can win all of that tonight...
...Bella in Twilight observes Edward’s inhuman characteristics—his lack of appetite, ability to save her from a swerving car, and stunning physical appearance—and concludes that he is a vampire. The Belle in Nightlight observes similar “inhuman” traits in Edwart and decides that he’s a vampire after he saves her from a snowball and (gasp!) does not finish his tater tots in the cafeteria...
...several factors, including an overall drop in crime, the placement of more people on parole and a lower recidivism rate. But in June, as the state's budget crisis deepened, Michigan announced that it would close eight prison facilities by the end of the year, including Standish, which could save some $30 million annually. Standish is expected to be shut down by the end of October, and many of the 600 inmates are already being dispersed to other facilities. Officials here say importing prisoners is a way to profitably use a facility that would otherwise be empty...
...government health care) and its exotic climate, Rubio's form of libertarianism is a fantasy. Indeed, after the wild hurricane season of 2005, Governor Jeb Bush was forced to offer homeowners a public-insurance option - private-insurance rates were skyrocketing - which quickly became the state's largest insurer. "Lord, save me from the purists," says Jim Greer, the state's Republican Party chairman and a Crist supporter. "If the party keeps going in this direction, all we'll have left will be three people sitting around a table. They'll be absolutely pure, but none of them will be holding...