Word: default
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Congress enacted a series of educational amendments in 1976, which are responsible for changes in loan policy, because of high default rates on federally insured loans, Gibson said...
Under Silber's proposal, no one could default on loans, since payments would be withheld from paychecks like social security or would be paid by the self-employed as part of income tax, Samuel McCracken, assistant to the president of B.U., said yesterday...
...meantime, the British Army has emerged by default as the dominant political force in Ulster politics. To speak of the government alone is not a truthful description of British involvement in Northern Ireland. A full account must include a description of the unique role which the army has appropriated itself in the province. One of the most crucial facts in Ulster politics is that the army has not acted with the equanimity the government claims to support. Essentially, the army's role as a "peace-keeping" force has not dissuaded it from adopting a political bias...
Defeating competitors from Bowdoin (10-1), Springfield (by default), Wellesley (double breadsticks), and Mt. Holyoke (2 and 5), she made her way into the consolation finals. Playing what Coach Felske described as "beautiful, calculated tennis" against Brown's number one singles player Mara Rogers, Meyer grabbed four straight games to break open the match and claim the title...
...After consulting consulting the file on Humes, the police officer said that Humes called the court offices on August 2 from New York, informing the court that he had left Massachusetts and did not plan on returning to the state for his scheduled appearance before a trial judge. A default was issued on the arrest warrant, and the spokesman said that the warrant remains in effect today...