Word: homeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Spooked by a burst of inflation at home and worrisome economic signals abroad, the stock market suffered an anxiety attack last week. On Friday the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 71.46 points, the largest single-day decline since the 190-point minicrash on Friday, Oct. 13. Last week's loss sent the Dow to 2689.21, down 84.04 for the week...
...unemployed black who had spent 13 years in prison for crimes that included shooting a police officer. According to the police, Bennett bragged to his 15-year-old nephew that he had robbed the Stuarts and taken their jewelry. In the warrant the police obtained to search Bennett's home, they underlined the recollection that Bennett said he told Stuart, ^ "Don't look in the rearview mirror." Those words were almost identical to the ones that Stuart, in a brief interview with the police right after the shooting, claimed the killer used. Already in custody on a charge of robbing...
...vague insurance scam. After a dry run the night before the murder, Matthew showed up at the designated rendezvous point. He took Carol Stuart's Gucci bag from Charles. It contained her wallet, makeup and engagement ring as well as the gun. Matthew then went to the home of his best friend, John McMahon, who traveled with him to a railroad bridge in Revere. After removing Carol's engagement ring from the purse, Matthew flung the bag into the river. Then McMahon, at Matthew's bidding, heaved the pistol 25 ft. away from the bridge into the muddy Pines River...
...hundreds of interviews with people who knew the Stuarts, only one seemingly minor complaint has emerged. Carol once confided to Maureen Vadjic, who sometimes jogged with her on Saturday mornings, that she objected to Charles' staying out late on Friday nights. Says Vadjic: "She'd tell me, 'He came home late last night. I yelled at him, why do you go out? I'm pregnant. Don't you have any concern...
Welcome to 1990: millions of American workers have by now ripped open their first pay envelope and discovered an unpleasant surprise: their take-home is less than it was in December. Reason: that line on the check stub labeled FICA, better known as Social Security, is taking a bigger bite than ever. A wage earner making $51,300 or more this year will pay the maximum $3,924 in Social Security taxes -- $320, or nearly 9%, more than...