Word: cards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kiosk's management takes care to point out the significance of every purchase to customers. For example, the purchase of one card will buy enough vaccine to immunize seven children against measles. The purchase of two packs of greeting cards will buy a large chalkboard and school supplies for a developing nation classroom...
Giselle Lopez, 17, of New York City, racked up $2,000 in debt on her first credit card. Her parents refused to pay, so Giselle got a job to pay it off slowly herself. "Now, every time I use it, I know that it comes from my own pocket," Giselle says. "That gives me a sense of responsibility for my actions...
Perhaps the biggest wild card of the evening was William Ginsburg, Monica Lewinsky's former attorney, who had flown in from the Coast. He came on third, after complaining before the show that he was in trial and hadn't worked on his act. Well, whatever else he picked up in Washington, he learned the expectations game. True, most of his jokes were chestnuts he no doubt hoarded from ABA conventions, but he effectively tailored them to the event. "What's the difference between a catfish and Ken Starr?" he asked. "One is a bottom-dwelling, scum-sucking scavenger...
...Late Card Charges...
...Credit-card holders who let their monthly bills collect dust are paying a high price for tardiness. That's the conclusion of a new Consumer Action study, which shows that banks have increased late fees 75% since 1995, to $21 on average. To avoid stiff penalties, according to Bank Rate Monitor, try a local credit union or a low-fee national lender like Cleveland's Metropolitan Savings Bank or Chicago's Pullman Bank & Trust...