Word: lighten
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Dallas-based operator of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores, which filed for Chapter 11 protection last month after failing to manage its $2 billion in obligations. Financial analysts warn that many other debt-ridden businesses could be headed for bankruptcy unless they find a way to lighten their load. None of the methods are easy, but many firms are doing just that. With the same zeal they showed for leveraging up, companies are vigorously deleveraging. Their techniques range from old-fashioned cost cutting to modern tactics like debt-for-equity swaps...
...lighten the burden on working families, the tax system should be reconfigured so that relatively more is paid in income taxes and less in Social Security taxes. The government should also subsidize housing for a majority of young families with children. Rent vouchers in sufficient numbers would banish the specter of homelessness that haunts 10 million to 13 million low-income families. As for helping the middle class, the government should act as it did after World War II and offer low-interest mortgages to young families. Beginning in 1944, the Veterans Administration guaranteed 5 million home loans...
...Rauch, wearing a sweater and jeans, gave a speech that made fun of the council's seriousness. This would be the beginning of Rauch's reputation for dry, witty speeches given in a monotone--speeches that would lighten the mood of many meetings and earn him council goodwill...
Imagine this scenario. You are an employer seeking a qualified assistant to help lighten your workload. Two people--a college graduate and a Ph.D.--apply for the job. You decide to hire the Ph.D. because he has more experience, obviously. But the college graduate, who is a Black female, sues for discrimination...