Word: creditably
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...effort being spent on whipping companies into shape, though, there is much less energy going toward addressing the changing nature of foreclosure. HAMP was crafted to deal with the effects of the housing bubble: excessively easy credit let people buy homes they couldn't really afford and often with loans that carried spiking interest rates and payments...
Another is the changing behavior of people who owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth. According to a recent analysis by the credit bureau Experian and the consultancy Oliver Wyman, nearly 600,000 borrowers might have intentionally defaulted on their mortgages in 2008, twice as many as the year before. The social norm that in previous eras would have prevented people from simply walking away from their homes seems to be eroding - but HAMP puts a low priority on reducing the overall amount a person owes. In fact, among permanent modifications, the average loan amount as compared...
Over the past several years, Harvard has begun to offer a few dance-related courses for college credit and has introduced a secondary field of study in dramatic arts, but there is still no major dance presence in the curriculum. The leadership of the Harvard Dance Program continues to express a desire to see more dance classes offered for credit in the coming years...
Johnstone and Coffman were awarded the grand prize of a $100 gift card at b.good. Oh, and eternal glory may be part of the deal also. But the winners were happy to share the credit with their fellow castmates. “That’s my dog India in the picture,” Johnstone said in his moving acceptance speech...
...next time you’re here, forget about bringing along cash. Bring a credit card to splurge a little on $10 worth of drinks and baked goods, because we all know that hipsters love their fair trade coffee and organic pastries...