Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...told to show up at the Eastern terminal at 5:30 a.m. today, when the first shuttle is slated to leave Logan. People with no pressing matters had virtually all day to get on an airplane, but those who had to be at work this morning were in a bind...
...many say that all overseers, not justcelebrities, are in a time bind. Many Boardmembers hold high corporate positions, forexample...
...that would leave the University in a major bind, professors and administrators say. Essentially, Harvard would then be forced to launch major recruiting drives for professors at a time when it has become increasingly difficult for the University to attract the top-notch scholars it has always sought...
...Congress to let them fight back. In 1980 Congress lifted restrictions on interest rates that S & Ls could pay. But regulators waited a year before freeing the other side of the balance sheet by allowing S & Ls to grant adjustable-rate mortgages. The delay left the thrifts in a bind, because interest rates had rocketed from 13% at the end of 1979 to more than 20% a year later. Thrifts were collecting interest rates of around 8% or less on their 30-year mortgages, while paying double-digit interest to new depositors. During 1981 some...
Bulger in a Bind...