Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whole thing is preposterous. Rather than paying a premium to lure pennies back into circulation from jars and drawers, shouldn't we just eliminate them? It now costs about a penny to make and ship a penny. Retailer Walgreens figures it loses $1.3 million a year counting them. Pennies are uneconomic and inconvenient. Shortage? We've got too many...
Still, there are signs of progress even here. Felicity's virginity loss last season, though tinged with guilt, was refreshingly free of melodrama. And TV's embrace of bad sex is, at best, a stab at honesty, which isn't always pretty. Carrie wonders, "Have we put such a premium on being open and honest with one another that we've misplaced the boundaries of propriety?" Perhaps, but they often came with fictions and stereotypes. For City's cool superwomen, a little cynicism can be empowering, as on an episode about an acquaintance's whirlwind wedding. A lesser sitcom would...
...American's are $596. The greatest savings with these coupons occur if you have to fly at the last minute or if you want to fly to several cities on one trip rather than make a straightforward round trip--two scenarios for which the airlines charge a premium rate. Hawaii can be a bargain too. Flights from Denver to Honolulu are booking at about $714, giving coupon holders a savings of as much as $154 per ticket...
...between the President and Republicans. Both sides plan to introduce some kind of prescription-drug benefit into the Medicare system while retrofitting the 34-year-old program to keep it from collapse. Even before Clinton could formally announce his plan, scheduled for this week, the Republicans attacked his proposed premium increase as a tax hike, labeling the whole plan another sneaky attempt at government control of health care. Many Democrats are spoiling for a fight, hoping a messy display might win back the hearts of seniors who embraced the G.O.P. in the past two elections...
Despite all this, 60% of kids ages 12 to 14 say, as most younger kids do, that they would like to spend more time with their parents. The problem, of course, is finding that time, which is at a premium in the increasing number of two-earner households and those headed by single parents. A clear reflection of how families have changed: 41% of the kids sampled said they spend an equal amount of time with both parents. "This is one of our most significant cultural changes," says Dr. Leon Hoffman, who co-directs the Parent Child Center...