Word: collections
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...page report showing that the problem is far worse than most people think. The report touches on the threat to privacy that stems from Government gumshoes but concentrates chiefly on the danger posed by private firms, most of which operate with no restrictions on the information they collect and the way in which they use it. Says Commission Chairman David Linowes, a University of Illinois political economist:* "We are an information-spoiled society. It's been so easy to collect that we just keep on collecting. Tens of millions of names are being pushed around from one organization...
Tough Job. That should be good news for the 384,000 Teamsters who stand to collect pensions from the fund and who have watched their leaders fritter away a substantial amount of its assets. An examination of the fund's latest annual report, filed with the Government in December 1976, reveals a lopsided investment portfolio with $108 million in cash, $193 million-worth of common stocks and debt securities and a huge $833 million in real estate and mortgages. Equitable's tough job will be to change those investments so that real estate and mortgages represent no more...
Supporters of the new regulation base their argument on a state statute that prohibits the city from allowing individuals to solicit or collect money unless they buy licenses...
...state could collect up to $431 million in royalties and taxes on the oil operations next year but still could use more. With the end of the pipeline building boom, Alaska's unemployment rate has doubled, to 15.4%. Gone are the weekly wages of $1,000 and more. The high pay kept labor strife down but drove pipeline costs up. As Assistant Secretary Martin acknowledges, "The pipeline traded money for time." Some $250 million worth of campsites along the route have been shut down and put up for sale. Only about 1,000 people will continue to manage...
Todd's father did not come east to collect the body. He sent his brother instead...