Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...North End last weekend Dumont projected that between 30 and 60 workers would show up but less than 20 came each day. Despite the weekend's poor turnout. Dumont was pleased by the freshman response to a table set up at registration two weeks ago. He had his staff collect more than 350 names at that time and on September 26, at a followup meeting in the Freshman Union, over 125 people attended. He also said that tables in the houses for upper class registration attracted about 100 new people...
Barrelhead. The big winner in China's other purchase was Seattle's Boeing Co., which will collect a cool $125 million from Peking for ten of its workhorse 707 jets, including spare parts and training for pilots and maintenance men. As befits a first-time deal, the terms were strictly cash and carry: the Chinese agreed to a 30% down payment and will pay the rest by the time they take delivery of the last craft in about 20 months. Most other foreign buyers of U.S. jet fleets expect long-term financing...
...cost estimates in writing and clearly noting if the parts used are rebuilt. They must also post prominently the bureau's telephone number, which consumers can call toll free if they believe that they are being cheated. In addition, Kehoe set up a department of consumer services to collect and act on consumer complaints. In July alone, the department got 6,000 complaints, many about housing-repair contractors. All told, the department helped to bring legal action, including license suspensions and cease-and-desist orders, in 2,371 cases...
...phone at his retreat in Goose-prairie, Wash.; so in a pinch, his secretary calls a neighbor who lives six miles away. When Douglas wants to call, he drives 40 miles to a roadside phone booth outside Yakima, Wash., drops in a dime and gets his office collect. Keeping contact with Thurgood Marshall also has its difficulties. In the Virgin Islands in July, he broke an ankle in a Jeep accident. Last summer he had appendicitis, and two summers ago he got pneumonia. "We have a regular routine here," says his secretary. "I go on vacation and the Justice goes...
...Office of Education is also empowered to collect defaulted loans. If a regular payment is overdue by more than 180 days, the government repays the lender and undertakes to collect the full amount of principal and interest...