Word: spend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...council voted 9-0 to spend $1.5 million to restore playgrounds and playing fields at Magazine Beach in Cambridgeport, following a bill that was co-sponsored in the state legislature by Barrios and Travaglini...
...want the student to have a proper option to decide where to spend the next four years," he said. "It's good to give plenty of time to make the right decision...
...three new sites, iCanBuy.com DoughNET.com and RocketCash.com partner with online merchants--such as cdnow, Fogdog Sports and teen clothier Delia's--that are popular with young people. First, parents register, provide credit-card information and indicate how much their children can spend; then the kids get to shop...
Still, not everyone is happy about the move txzo make e-shoppers out of kids. "By bringing shopping into the home, you're giving your kids a chance to spend instantaneously and impulsively," says Betsy Taylor, executive director of the Center for a New American Dream, a nonprofit group that offers tips for parenting in a commercial culture. "We're creating a generation of hyperconsumers, and this is just one more step toward that." In a survey conducted by Internet market-research firm Esearch, 49.7% of parents said children under 18 should not be allowed to make online purchases...
EDITOR'S NOTE: TIME Daily writer Frank Pellegrini, at a ripe 27 years, has taken a leave of absence to join the Army Reserve. He is currently undergoing basic training ? boot camp ? and then will spend several months in an Army journalism school. Given the difficulty the armed forces are experiencing in recruiting qualified young people these days, we think his experiences and impressions are worth sharing. Here is the third missive; others will be posted as they arrive. On Friday night I dreamed I was in jail.? The fire guard, a few men plucked from our ranks to walk...