Word: cards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Debra Clay, 34, a working librarian in Houston, felt every inch the caring parent. At the pricey Creme de la Creme preschool learning center, her eight- month-old daughter Kendall peered at two red dots on a white flash card held by a teacher, who called out, "Two!" As new cards came up, the teacher chanted the numbers while Kendall acknowledged the exercise with an occasional gurgle. Down the hall, Kendall's four-year-old sister Katie chirped, "Un, deux, trois . . ." mimicking the accent of her Parisian instructor. Elsewhere around Creme de la Creme, 150 other tots and toddlers grappled...
...nicknames go both ways. Brooklyn Dodgers great Pee Wee Reese, for example, can't leave home without the American Express card when he goes by the name of Harold. One point for the given name of each of the following...
Some Congressmen, though, would like to curb the credit-card industry. Two bills have been introduced in the Senate to set a cap on the amount of interest that can be charged to credit-card users. Under current law, cards are regulated by the legislature of the state in which they were issued or in which the cardholder resides. Congress may also require that companies disclose more information when they solicit new customers. Under the provision of one bill, offers would have to state clearly the card's interest rate, annual fee and any potential penalties for late payment...
...only child of a wealthy businessman, Chirac was born in 1932 in Paris and attended the city's top public schools. "Too talkative, too distracted, too excitable to succeed," predicted one school report card. Nonetheless Chirac's grades earned him entrance to the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques, and he finished third in his class...
...bankrolled travel for the Marcos family. In 1981, for example, Imelda Marcos spent $800,000 on "official" visits to Iraq, Kenya, Mexico and the U.S.--all at the expense of the military. Noted Congressman Solarz: "Imelda used the Philippine intelligence budget as the equivalent of the American Express Gold Card...