Word: stoppingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...task force meeting last week, Boston city councilor Mark Ciommo implored Harvard to stop buying properties in light of its planned slowdown...
also, did anyone ever stop to think that it's possible this "contest" is simply a way for Wellesley asians to snag themselves an asian ivy-leaguer. I know that, culturally, many asians are pressured by their parents to date within their race, and it just seems like this sort of event perpetuates that kind of close-mindedness. and i really don't think this is strictly an asian stereotype--it's common within many races/ethnicities/religions...
...radiation treatments for her Stage 2 breast cancer because she had used up her company plan's $20,000 annual maximum and was $18,000 in debt; the New Hampshire accountant who, unable to work during his treatment for Stage 3B stomach cancer, had to stop paying his mortgage to afford a $1,120 monthly premium for coverage with the state's high-risk insurance pool. (Facebook users, comment on the story below...
...policies are quickly reached - cancer is one of the five most costly medical conditions in the U.S., according to the ACS - or because the patient is struggling to maintain coverage in the face of rising premiums and accumulating co-pay costs. Some, having been forced by illness to stop working, must struggle to keep their employer-sponsored coverage through COBRA rules. Others are looking for access to sometimes pricey state-funded high-risk pools, and 72% of the callers are simply uninsured. So intense and complex is the insurance issue that in 2004 the ACS launched the Health Insurance Assistance...
...mumu dress singing an ancient mele. Her voice echoes to the bottom of the deep and dormant Halemaumau Crater, the sacred centerpiece of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the home of Pele, the feared and revered Hawaiian volcano goddess (gin being her favorite, fiery drink). Tourists in shorts stop and stare at the scene, their heads bowed down in geological reverence. (See pictures of volcanoes...