Word: assisted
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Before Hammonds’ appointment in March, the prospect of creating an executive dean position to assist with administrative responsibilities was discussed by several people familiar with the deanship as a way to lessen the College dean’s workload...
...York Bailouts: Bad For Business Rather than reassuring stock markets, a government offer to assist U.S. mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has spooked investors, who fear that a big government loan or purchase of corporate debt could devalue their own shares. Stock prices for both companies fell sharply in August, while Freddie was forced to sell $3 billion in debt at its highest borrowing costs in a decade...
...vacant homes deteriorate and become eyesores throughout the country, cities are anxiously awaiting the arrival of federal funds - including a $4 billion housing stimulus jolt just signed by the President - to assist with the foreclosure crisis. The hope is that the federal injection of funds will help homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments. In South Florida, one of the worst hit areas of the country, the help can't come soon enough. And one local government is already off to a fast start in dealing with the wide variety of foreclosure hardships that make up the crisis...
Four months ago, the city of West Palm Beach opened its foreclosure assistance center, a one-stop shop where staffers assist besieged homeowners by calling lenders, renegotiating loans and arranging for short-sales - that is, the bank-approved sale of a house at a price below its outstanding mortgage. The center will even help cover late mortgage payments up to $10,000. Since April, the center has received more than 5,000 phone calls or visits for help; so far, 171 homes have been saved from foreclosure, and others have received various forms of help. The county is desperate...
...PEACE - an acronym for promote reconciliation; equip servant leaders; assist the poor; care for the sick; educate the next generation - "exemplifies Rick's capacity to capture big ideas and make them simple and memorable and motivational," says Crouch. Indeed, the idea is so big, only Warren could have hatched it. Warren dismisses those who claim he is trying to "build heaven on earth." He says, "I'm not that stupid." But there is nothing in his sales pitch - to thousands of pastors, dozens of heads of state, financiers at the Davos World Economic Forum and editorial boards - that suggests where...