Word: sum
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...pushed one nudge after another, from simplified financial-aid forms after studies showed they could increase college-attendance rates to automatic savings plans for small businesses. It even doled out our payroll-tax cuts in the stimulus bill by decreasing our weekly withholding rather than cutting us big lump-sum checks, because the research suggested we'd be less likely to notice it and more likely to spend...
...value. The so-called bad bank, as NAMA is sometimes called, will then manage the loans on behalf of the state for the next decade, by which time, the government assumes, the country's property market will have recovered. This assumption also explains the $10.5 billion markup in the sum to be paid for the toxic assets - a difference the government says reflects the long-term economic value of the loans. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...grateful, is always nodding off into a convenient nap) and also find the time to pen an essay about "What Motherhood Means to Me" for a contest she would like to win. The piece only has to be 500 words long, although I have a hunch Eliza could sum it up in nine: "Schlepping, schmatas and not nearly enough sex or showering." The prize is a regular column in the fictional Lunchbox magazine, paying $3,000 a month...
...biology and even some SunPower solar-energy projects, which could possibly imperil kangaroo rats and fairy shrimp. But the state's business culture fetishizes long-shot ventures and game-changing ideas. Failure is appreciated, not stigmatized, and an entrepreneur without a few busted start-ups on his résumé is almost suspect. (See TIME's City Guide: Los Angeles...
...What pin would you wear to sum up the political climate now? I have three pins that I like to wear. One is a pin that was just given to me by the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Shalikashvili. It's a pin called America, and it has an eagle in the middle and four little pearls around it, [symbolizing] justice, equality, prosperity and security. I have a dove pin because I think that's very important. And then I'm sometimes asked what I would wear if I were to meet Iran's President...