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...both Leiter and professors within the Harvard philosophy department contend that whatever woes it has suffered began well before the millennium...
...Critics contend that card issuers, whose profits have zoomed nearly 50% in the past two years, are in no need of relief from Congress. The industry is also blamed for creating the problem by extending credit--3.3 billion solicitations were sent out last year alone--to anyone with a pulse. "This bill is a wish list for the credit-card industry and a nightmare for vulnerable families," charges Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat who led opposition to the measure...
...then there's the moral component, which they were just talking about on "The Sopranos" (suffice it to say the scene involved a gambling butcher, his pinky finger and a meat cleaver): Honor your debts. Critics of the bill contend that often, credit card companies' "predatory lending practices" lure unsuspecting borrowers into debts they can't afford - and therefore the credit card companies should take the lumps with the risk...
...Commerce Secretary Don Evans' decision to use the "unadjusted" census numbers met with protest from civil rights groups and minority leaders, who contend the adjustment is necessary to make up for uncounted thousands in urban areas. Republicans defend Evans' conclusion, arguing that any adjustment would only open the numbers to error. Has there been much activism surrounding the census, either demanding a restructuring of the questionnaire or an adjustment to current numbers...
...Minnesota for high scool, deflected any questions about next year's Ivy scoring race. The title run should be a free-for-all with Caramanico out of the picture. Besides Hanks and Peljto, Brown guard Barbara Maloni, Penn forward Julie Epton and Cornell guard Deborah Stevens could all contend...