Word: throwing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...higher education, both Clinton and Dole misdiagnose the disease. College students and their families will wholeheartedly embrace these gifts, but the benefits are directed towards the successful student who has survived the first 12 years of schooling. The easy way to appease young voters in college is to throw money at them...
...Wisdom, experience, intelligence comes from age." "We're selling everything from cars to CDs to rice in Japan." "Your targeted tax cuts never hit anyone." "I can't pull it out, it will violate the rules." AWARDS: Rock, Paper, Scissors Award: Bill Clinton, for twice showing his ability to throw the rock twice while addressing the audience. Cambridge Chronicle Award: Sen. Dole for his reference to former U.S. House speaker and North Cambridge resident Thomas P. "Tip" O'Nell. Calvin Coolidge Award for Brevity: Bill Clinton, for his three word affirmation of laws opposing discrimination against gays and lesbians...
...banks borrow money from the government at 5%; the average card carries a 17.54% annual charge. The difference between the two is called the spread, for obvious reasons. In addition, card issuers typically charge merchants some 2% to 3% of the amount of each purchase that a customer makes. Throw in late fees, or in GE's case early fees, and margins might be enhanced further. "Banks earn more from credit cards than from any other business, even with all the delinquencies and losses," says Ruth Susswein, executive director of Bankcard Holders of America, a Virginia-based consumer group. "Even...
...University officials say they are frightened that an adverse Supreme Court ruling might throw their entire philosophy of diversity in education out the window...
Summoning my meager journalistic talents, I throw him a few softballs to loosen him up, and surprisingly, it works--except now he's sending me wildly conflicting messages. He tells me that the pipes aren't intended for illicit drug consumption, but that what people do in their homes is their business. When I ask if the company is endorsing a presidential candidate, he says Graffix has no political agenda. On the other hand, he clarifies, the election is "something we're monitoring." When he asserts that Graffix doesn't "recommend" smoking tobacco, I press him on the point, inquiring...