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...Caspar Weinberger contradicted both his own sworn statements that he had any evidence relevant to the Iran-contra affair and the assertions by George Bush that he was not aware of the proposed swap. As a result, Weinberger was indicted by a Washington grand jury on one additional felony count of making false statements to Congress. The revelation also ensured that the President, at an inauspicious time in his effort to win re-election, will face a surge of new questions about his oft-repeated assertions that he was "not in the loop...
...evidence, revealed for the first time on Friday by the office of Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh, adds one more count to the five issued in June. Weinberger's trial is scheduled for January. Bush's trial is on Tuesday...
...month, any family, however rich, may borrow the entire cost of college, however expensive, with low-interest government loans (though interest payments are not deferred as in other federal loan programs). Outright federal grants will still be scaled to financial need, but home equity and family farms no longer count as part of a household's assets, which means more middle-class families will qualify...
...Asset Protection Allowance fixes the portion of a family's assets that is off limits. For parents, an average of 2.6% to 5.6% of assets is deemed available to spend each year on college. As much as 35% of a child's assets count each year, which discourages the tradition of putting college savings in a child's name...
...house French families repatriated from North Africa. Together, the Bentzes take home $3,600 a month, not a lot for a family of four. Yet they are thinking of having a third child -- and, unlike many American parents, are not fretting about the potential costs. They know they can count on the French social contract to see them through...