MAN OF THE PEOPLE: New fiction by Rushdie.(Features)

The People (London, England);  March 31, 2002 ;     85 words ......abuses Britain in every interview. Last week he claimed we made a profit out of him because he paid more in taxes than we spent keeping him alive. Since the cost was pounds 11m and Rushdie's books are hardly best sellers, I reckon he's lying. And if our Government...

Dear Mirror: IRISH HAVE RIGHT IDEA.(Letters)

The Mirror (London, England);  March 11, 2004 ;     67 words ......increasing income tax to fund our councils. This would end the postcode lottery, but it would also save the money that is spent keeping track of people who have moved. Will our government adopt such proposals? Probably not, it seems too much like common sense...

Mom's memories. (red letters).(Letter to the Editor)

Redbook;  February 1, 2002 ;     74 words ......Laugh's Official Mom Restraining Order [November] brought back memories of those painful years my oldest daughter spent keeping me at arm's length--but it still made me laugh. I endured the ten-feet-behind rule mentioned in the cartoon. And...

pounds 5m cost of brutal crime.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  June 23, 2001 ;     67 words ......could cost the nation as much as pounds 5million. Their trial alone cost pounds 2.5million and about pounds 4,000 a week was spent keeping them locked up for eight and a half years. Their rehab will cost pounds 300 a week for two years and then pounds 100 a week...

Enigma

The Hudson Review;  July 1, 2008 ;     125 words ......all together in one heap, unmindful of what company they keep. [Author Affiliation] RHINA P. ESPAILLAT's most recent book, El odor de la memoria/The Scent of Memory (Ediciones CEDIBIL, Santo Domingo, 2007), is a bilingual collection of her short stories.

1m patients 'block' beds.(News)

The People (London, England);  November 4, 2007 ;     75 words ......elderly patients - is up from 750,000 on the previous year Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb said: Huge amounts are being spent keeping people in hospitalswhich could be spent caring for them even in their own homes. his is evidence of the big squeeze put on...

Take the stress out of moving home in retirement.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 16, 2003 ;     174 words ......examine whether both upfront payments and ongoing costs can be afforded. One should ask whether this money would be better spent keeping the home and paying for services such as cleaning and gardening. She also calls it vital for those who move into retirement...

It's time for allto listen.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 6, 2006 ;     201 words ......paying the price because money which should be supporting their education and maintaining their school buildings is being spent keeping those empty places open. There are also important issues concerning the growth in demand for Welsh-medium education and the...

Atkinson ready to play the Sunshine boy.

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 19, 1998 ;     336 words ...Apparently the missus isn't too keen on him leaving home but, after a summer spent keeping World Cup TV audiences amused, Ron Atkinson really could be about to get the chance to show just how much he knows about international...

Dear Mirror: The GREAT debate - Shame on Sharon.(Letters)

The Mirror (London, England);  November 11, 2005 ;     82 words ......Carroll said Sharon's venomous insults destroy her credibility. Most readers agree.... SHARON Osbourne's time would be better spent keeping her own back yard in good order and not tearing everyone else apart. I can't express my utter disgust and dislike of all...

Treasury cash to curb tax.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  December 8, 2004 ;     114 words ...TREASURY money given to Wales last week will be spent keeping down council tax, finance minister Sue Essex said last night. The pounds 7. 4m came to the Welsh Assembly as a result of chancellor...

Simple PCs for the World's Poor--and Me.(Brief article)

U.S. News & World Report;  September 18, 2007 ;     268 words ...Byline: David LaGesse We run multiple PCs at home, and it's a drag. They're expensive, and even worse is the time spent keeping each machine working. Something like the start-up NComputing might have the answer. NComputing links multiple users...

COUNCIL'S pounds 200k ONLIQUIDASSETS.(News)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  January 28, 2005 ;     259 words ...Almost pounds 200,000 has been spent keeping Cardiff councillors and staff watered over the last three years. The authority spent pounds 40,602 in 2002-03 on containers of...

For troops' kin, Thanksgiving has new meaning.(News)

The Boston Herald;  November 21, 2004 ;     266 words ...Byline: Kristen Munson For families with loved ones whose holidays will be spent keeping the peace in Iraq, Thanksgiving will be a day of solemn appreciation and conspicuously empty chairs at the dinner table. We're...

Council tax plan 'wasted pounds 15m.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 28, 2005 ;     182 words ......John Prescott. Conservatives accused Mr Prescott of wasting taxpayers' money, arguing that the pounds 15m could have been spent keeping council tax bills down. It had been intended to revalue every home in England in 2007, following a similar exercise in Wales...