Word: availible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expenses that come on top of a household's existing mountain of debt. "More medical expenses are not being covered by insurance," notes Ronald Weiss, a bankruptcy attorney in Kansas City, Missouri. "This, coupled with the general increase in medical costs, is responsible for more individuals needing to avail themselves of bankruptcy court." Another factor is gambling, as chances to roll the dice have multiplied. Weiss has noted an upsurge in filings in Kansas City, where four Missouri River boats serve as floating casinos. Chicago bankruptcy lawyer Kevin Benjamin is convinced he's in a growth industry. "The rate will...
...mumbling to myself and drooling on my chin, but my good sense got the better of me and I mover over, glowering at him all the while. I took out my free magazine (one of the perks of flying the shuttle) and tried to look absorbed--again, to no avail. In total disregard for my obvious shows of disinterest, the man started talking. "So, are you in school around here?" With a sigh of resignation, I turned and answered...
Though barely literate, Ralph had managed to avail himself of many federal subsidies and loan programs, but by 1994 he had lost control of the debt load and faced foreclosure. Ralph's brother Emmett was on much sounder footing until his son Richard, enthralled by Ralph's antigovernment rhetoric, convinced Emmett he didn't have to make any more tax or mortgage payments. Ralph's and Emmett's farms were foreclosed in 1994. The renegade Clarks convened their own supreme court and began issuing subpoenas to and posting bounties on elected officials, lawyers and bankers connected to the foreclosures. They...
...powers of persuasion were to no avail. Weinstein's body, with hands and feet bound, was discovered by a hiker on March 17. She had been smothered with her coat. But before she died she somehow slipped the cassette into her pocket without her killer knowing it. Because Weinstein had asked LaSane about himself and his family, police quickly had their suspect, the son of a county probation-department employee. "Our impression was that she was very aware she was leaving something behind," says Carluccio. He will not comment on LaSane's side of the conversation except to say, "When...
Determined to recover, Mann followed the advice of three UHS doctors but to no avail--seven months later, he was properly diagnosed by a family doctor. Mann's foot required surgery this past September for an advanced stress fracture. Like other injured athletes, Mann experienced difficulties...