Word: hardship
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...just as car owners have to carry automobile insurance. But that means the Federal Government would have to subsidize people who couldn't afford it themselves, upping the health-care-reform price tag considerably. Obama says he can support an individual mandate only if it has a "hardship waiver to exempt Americans who cannot afford it," and he also says small businesses face a "number of special challenges in affording health benefits and should be exempted...
...take these difficult decisions lightly. University Hall understands the hardship this will mean for undergraduates, and we are all making sacrifices. For example, at a recent faculty meeting, the champagne was arguably subpar. As a symbol of our shared sacrifice, the statue of John Harvard will be meticulously chiseled down to a smaller size in proportion to the budget cut, at a cost of $2.6 million. Since improvements like this, and all the amenities of Harvard life, do not come cheaply, we ask for your kind, tax-deductible donation...
...date, SIPC and Picard have committed $116 million to satisfy claims from 237 Madoff victims, each receiving up to the limit of $500,000. Picard has even created a "Hardship Case" program, in an effort to help those that have been completely wiped out by their Madoff investments...
...time was suspended from college football for accepting improper gifts and filing a false police report, had sued the league, alleging that this rule violated anti-trust law. Sotomayor argued that the age-eligibility rule was exempt from anti-trust law, even though the rule is a "hardship" on players who are not yet members of the players' union. Says Karcher: "Her ruling gave the union the authority to negotiate terms on behalf of amateur players, taking them out of the anti-trust arena and keeping them in the labor arena. Both decisions, at least in the sports area, tend...
...uninsured and undereducated. The fact that many of these jobs belonged to the poor, marginalized, and mostly immigrant part of our community means that their unemployment will further contribute to the isolation and depression of many of our Boston- area neighborhoods. This is no strategy for times of economic hardship, and it runs contrary to Harvard’s contract with its community to provide education and opportunity to its surroundings in return for tax exemption...