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Now, she cares for her elderly and sick husband and is the sole bread-winner for the family and the problem solver for all of her 4 daughters marriage feuds.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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Usually, when we think of purchasing life insurance, we picture a sole bread-winner or a spouse.
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The family that bets the primary bread-winner will not find a job in 13 months and stops paying the debts will be leaving their home with $33,000 cash in hand, move to a rental usually in the same school district, if need be, and will have three years for the primary bread-winner to find a job.
Nicholas Carroll: Shifting the Focus From "Strategic Default" to "Prudent Walkaway" Nicholas Carroll 2011
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Now, she cares for her elderly and sick husband and is the sole bread-winner for the family and the problem solver for all of her 4 daughters marriage feuds.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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If the family bets the primary bread-winner will be working within the year and is wrong, they could be leaving their home without enough money to rent a decent apartment in 14 months -- exhausted, frightened, and possibly running on bald tires.
Nicholas Carroll: Shifting the Focus From "Strategic Default" to "Prudent Walkaway" Nicholas Carroll 2011
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The family that bets the primary bread-winner will not find a job in 13 months and stops paying the debts will be leaving their home with $33,000 cash in hand, move to a rental usually in the same school district, if need be, and will have three years for the primary bread-winner to find a job.
Nicholas Carroll: Shifting the Focus From "Strategic Default" to "Prudent Walkaway" Nicholas Carroll 2011
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• Masculine/feminine roles: Does the illness or disability cause a change in the traditional bread-winner or homemaker role?
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: How Would A Disability Change Your Sex Life? M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2011
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Back in California a year later, recovering from scurvy, I found that my father was dead and that I was the head and the sole bread-winner of a household.
Chapter 25 2010
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If the family bets the primary bread-winner will be working within the year and is wrong, they could be leaving their home without enough money to rent a decent apartment in 14 months -- exhausted, frightened, and possibly running on bald tires.
Nicholas Carroll: Shifting the Focus From "Strategic Default" to "Prudent Walkaway" Nicholas Carroll 2011
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Now, she cares for her elderly and sick husband and is the sole bread-winner for the family and the problem solver for all of her 4 daughters marriage feuds.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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