Word: willingness
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No one knows for sure why pennies are disappearing. A big factor, though, clearly is people's low regard for the things. Few carry them to spend or are willing to lug heavy sacks to the bank. James Benfield of the Coin Coalition, a lobby group for eliminating the penny...
See, both Clinton and the Republicans have already promised to devote two-thirds of the projected $3 trillion, ten-year surplus on shoring up Social Security and Medicare. (In the short term, that means national-debt reduction, because the programs are still healthy, and will remain so for 20 years...
The case highlights the sophisticated methods adopted by narco-traffickers to bring their wares to market despite the war on drugs. Colombia and Mexico have long complained that while they?re routinely pilloried as the source of the problem, the massive demand for drugs in the U.S. creates an incentive...
The concert began with a solo set by Dylan's more melodiously-voiced counterpart, Paul Simon. On the whole, Simon's live performance did not live up to his recording reputation. His style which seems to border on world-music kitsch, was very treble emphasized and percussion heavy, assuming an...
It all comes down to whether consumers are willing to pay for increasingly costly health care or subject themselves to a form of medical rationing. That's the core issue to emerge from two surveys, released Wednesday, centered on patient and doctor experiences with HMOs. The doctor data, compiled by...