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Take, for instance, Altagracia Familia, a former schoolteacher in the Dominican Republic who now lives in New York City and sells empanadas and coconut sweets. Her vending cart used to be wooden, but then she upgraded to metal. Not by way of a loan, though. Familia slowly saved profits and bought a new cart once she had amassed $7,000. What she spent her Grameen loan on is much less flashy: ingredients and cart repairs...
Either way, it was obvious at Tuesday night's clinic how desperately these communities need massive mortgage aid right now - and how big a challenge providing it can be. A large group of residents from a newer, more upscale Miami Gardens housing development called Coconut Cay showed up for loan relief. During the overpriced-housing boom of this decade, some of the houses went for more than $500,000 - but now a number of buyers are wrestling with more mortgage costs than their battered finances can handle. It's a reminder that rash borrowers are often as responsible...
...back with two slices of steamed white bread and a dish of green custard that precisely matched the color of the plate. Bizarre though it was, the dish was the best part of the meal. Who knew that Wonderbread would be such a great foil to the milky-rich coconut custard? With four people ordering appetizers and entrees and drinking water (Shabu Square doesn’t serve alcohol), the bill came to a modest $63, including tax and tip, so things could have been worse.We all scrambled out of our booths and out into the blessedly cool evening...
...vacations nearly ruined by canceled or delayed flights, but to have a honeymoon cut short by a full day seems almost criminal. Feeling their marital pain, the Avenger went straight to Air Tahiti Nui to see about figuratively knocking someone upside the head with a coconut...
...Other letters range from gripes about Jar Jar Binks to complaints about commercialization. A pediatrician recently wrote an open letter on Salon.com taking issue with Lucas's newest fast food tie-ins, an Indy Whopper and a Snickers Adventure bar with coconut and chai. "Wouldn't Indy, now a senior citizen, have more than just a little bump in his cholesterol if he had scarfed down his namesake burger?" the doctor asks. "How could he be fit enough to chase down ancient relics while dodging boulders and outwitting Nazis...