Word: statuses
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Until George W. Bush set out for Iowa and New Hampshire on his first campaign trip in mid-June, his status as the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination was far from secure. Sure, he had the famous name, the long list of endorsements and the credential of being Governor of a large state. And, his advisers thought, he would have plenty of money--perhaps a record $23 million in campaign donations by the end of the first half of the year. But the Bush team knew that many potential supporters were waiting to see whether the candidate would...
...many of them are fighting to change that status. Just two weeks ago, a class action was filed against Atlantic Richfield for allegedly misclassifying oil-field workers as temps in an effort to exclude them from company health- and retirement- benefit plans. ARCO denies the charge and says the plaintiffs do not work for them but for oil-field service firms. In May, as Microsoft was handing full-timers a pay raise, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled that as many as 10,000 former temps should have been allowed to take part in the employee stock-purchase...
...bonds are Melba toast on anybody's investment plate. And for thousands of holders, they're even less tasty. There are nearly 18 million savings bonds afloat ($6.6 billion worth) that are no longer earning interest. These patriotic bondholders are giving Uncle Sam a free loan. To check the status of your stack of yellowing paper, try the Savings Bond Wizard, a free computer program available for downloading at www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sav.htm It lets you track redemption values and determine the best time to cash...
...There?s a real danger of new tensions arising because of the unrealistic expectation that Barak?s election can break all the deadlocks in the peace process," says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. "The disputes between Israel and the Palestinians over issues ranging from the status of Jerusalem and the future of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to the question of refugees are exceedingly complicated, and there are no quick solutions." Barak plans to meet with President Clinton and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat shortly to jump-start the peace process. And while the atmospherics of those meetings...
...donations to charities that agree to use the money to buy life insurance for the donors and later split the benefits with their heirs. No longer. The IRS may subject taxpayers who use such a "charitable split trust" to a 20% underpayment penalty and may yank the tax-exempt status of participating charities...