Word: stub
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...electronics firm based in White Plains, N.Y. All three bombs used a distinctive, homemade version of the easily procurable high explosive PETN. All were powered by AAA- size batteries from the same manufacturer and the same lot. Clinching the case, the Hawaii bomber had left a fingerprint on the stub of his plane ticket. The print was identified as Mohammed Rashid...
...Stubs pokes his head into the hospital room of five-year-old Dorothy. "I hope I'm not bothering you," he says before entering. At her bedside, he pulls several crumpled sheets of legal paper from his worn leather bag, digs for a pencil stub and begins his examination...
Welcome to 1990: millions of American workers have by now ripped open their first pay envelope and discovered an unpleasant surprise: their take-home is less than it was in December. Reason: that line on the check stub labeled FICA, better known as Social Security, is taking a bigger bite than ever. A wage earner making $51,300 or more this year will pay the maximum $3,924 in Social Security taxes -- $320, or nearly 9%, more than...