Word: va
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...character in Saturday struggles with his feelings about the invasion of Iraq. How would it be different if you wrote it today, two years later? - Dan Montgomery MCLEAN, VA...
...leave granted colleagues who give birth. The Washington employment lawyer knew then that if she and her self-employed husband adopted again, it would be under new management. So Hale began researching adoption-friendly workplaces, and soon focused on Capital One. The big financial-services company, headquartered in McLean, Va., offers $5,000 in assistance per adopted child, plus six weeks of paid leave. More important to Hale, the company fosters a supportive culture for adoptive parents, who network through a corporate intranet site. "I specifically chose Capital One so I could adopt more children," says Hale...
...take place this July 7. “It is what I’ve always wanted,” says the bride-to-be. “A traditional wedding in a big white church with a steeple.” The couple plan to move to Quantico, Va., where Wesley will find a new job and Downer will attend the Marine Corps’ Officer Candidate School. “He’s wonderful and I can’t wait to marry him in 30 days,” Wesley says of Downer...
...they forget about additional expenses, such as medical costs. And then there's the Grand Canyon factor. Many couples first view retirement as the chance to take all those trips they put off over a lifetime, says Brian Jones, a vice president with Cooper, Jones & McLeland, Ltd. in Fairfax, Va. "They're not looking for a reduction in lifestyle at that time." He suggests couples shoot for having 100% of their income when they initially retire, then 80% to 90% a decade later: "when they're cruised out, have seen the Grand Canyon and been to Ireland...
...trend has been moving toward more marketing to smaller and smaller niches who can afford to indulge their wants and needs," notes Doug Shifflet, president and CEO of D.K. Shifflet & Associates Ltd., a McLean, Va., consumer-research firm that specializes in travel...