Word: upkeep
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...embellishment. It was, of course, a love affair fated to end. Britain lost India, and Indian royals lost their lands, titles and allowances to a newly independent, democratic state. Jewel-encrusted lipstick cases and cigarette lighters were sold off to pay debts, while stunning palaces crumbled for lack of upkeep. But Jaffer's sumptuously illustrated love letter to the era remains, a jewel fit for the coffee table of any modern-day maharaja. -By Aryn Baker...
...Camilo José Vergara, center on juxtapositions. By focusing on buildings, streets, and neighborhoods, Vergara creates contrasts that are simultaneously unique and familiar. In his “Paired Houses” sequence of four photos, each picture shows two adjacent apartment buildings that differ in the degree of upkeep provided by the separate owners. In “919 S. 9th Street” (2004), the building on the left is newly painted with curtains in the window and a tidy garbage can on the street. Next door, there are no windows in which to hang curtains...
...easy giving up the place where your kids grew up. "But it's always a profitable decision in a strict financial sense," says Phil Storm, a financial planner in Denver. He argues that living in a house that's too big ties up capital and imposes unnecessary taxes and upkeep costs. "I advise making the move as soon as those bedrooms are empty," Storm says...
...shortfall is also the result of a hiring surge that has boosted the size of FAS from 635 professors in 2002 to 719 this year. Even after the recent construction costs are covered, the new professors’ paychecks and the new buildings’ upkeep will continue to weigh on University Hall’s balance sheet...
...Heinrich Zangger [Berlin,] 2 June 1917 Dear friend Zangger, Your last letter makes me worry anew because I see that the upkeep of my sick family has acquired a ruinous quality. My net income (after deduction of taxes, etc.) has been reduced to 13,000 marks (this case has now in fact come to pass). From that I need for myself, in order to make at least an appearance of maintaining the kind of lifestyle rightfully expected of me, 5,000 marks. If I don't want to save up a single penny, what's left is 8,000 marks...