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Banks say that they must charge high rates because the level of fraud and defaults makes credit-card lending risky. They also contend that consumers give little thought to the interest costs. Nearly a third of all cardholders pay their balances within 30 days and thus avoid credit charges...
...tests of students and teachers when there was "reasonable" cause to believe they had been infected. Fearful of expensive claims by AIDS patients, insurance companies are working to change laws in California and Wisconsin that bar the use of AIDS blood tests to evaluate policy applicants. Some insurance companies contend that such prohibitions would require them to exclude AIDS-related medical expenses from coverage or to raise the premiums of all policyholders...
...Sackler is] the clearest, simplest and to my mind the best museum I have seen to date," said American architect Philip Johnson in a fall 1984 lecture, adding that Stirling, "had to contend with not enough money, not enough room, [and] with not enough space...
...stickwomen once again had to contend with artificial turf--this time the slick Astoturf of Schoellkopf Field--which had frustrated them in a 3-0 loss to Northeastern earlier in the season...
...give," protests Christopher Daggett, EPA administrator for New York and New Jersey. "Either we aren't going to have cleanups, or someone's going to bite the bullet and start accepting wastes. But Lord knows, no one wants to be first." Daggett and his boss, EPA Director Thomas, contend that there is no ready technology that can promptly solve the disposal problem. "We can't wait around until we have the ultimate answer," says Daggett. "This stuff is still being generated, and we have to deal with it today. So, yes, we are going to put it into landfills that...