Word: clevelandism
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...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...
DIED. ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 88, former Cleveland, Ohio, mayor who, as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare from 1962 to 1965, helped turn the slogans of the New Frontier and the Great Society into laws; of cancer; in Cleveland...
...very good to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani [1]. This year he won a cowboy hat and 10 lbs. of barbecue from the mayor of Arlington, Texas; 10 lbs. of sausage and tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other items, from the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; and fish tacos, software and a surfboard from the mayor of San Diego. Here's a compendium of wagers that leaders have made over the years...
...Braves vs. Indians, 1995 World Series: Cleveland Mayor White anted Lake Erie walleye and tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Atlanta's Mayor Campbell put up Coca-Cola, peaches, ribs and Falcons tickets...
...DIED. CLEVELAND AMORY, 81, best-selling author and animal lover extraordinaire who fought for the rights of underdogs the world over; in New York City. Amory chronicled his most famous rescue--of his pet cat Polar Bear--in The Cat Who Came for Christmas. But he was also well versed in the habits of two-legged creatures, penning a sardonic series on society's upper crust...