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...with a brassy sweet sauce. "I wait for this fair every year because I know Jim will be here," said a local housewife who would not give her name. "I can't give it because I sneaked in the side gate. I didn't want to pay an admission fee because all I want are the ribs. I'm buying extra slabs to freeze for my family...
...help improve commercial credit for women entrepreneurs, the House Small Business Committee has included new lending incentives for banks in an authorization bill for the Small Business Administration. Under the bill, the banks would earn a small fee for granting SBA-guaranteed loans of up to $50,000. While the plan, which must still pass the full House and Senate, would be open to all small businesses, it would be especially helpful to service companies. Reason: in some cases, creditworthiness could be based on cash flow rather than assets...
Other places have been attempting to have it both ways. In Los Angeles the 3,000-member Jonathan Club (initiation fee: $10,000) is being sued by the city because, though it admits women members, it keeps one dining room for men only. At some clubs the opposition to women has been dwindling with the increase in younger members accustomed to treating women as working colleagues. "It's the entrenched guys who resent the intrusion on their old turf," suggests Alan Baker, a 25-year member of the New York Athletic Club. But even some older men, mindful of their...
Meanwhile, one solution to the legal-aid crisis being debated more frequently is mandatory pro bono, a system by which courts, legislatures or bar associations would compel attorneys to donate their time, sometimes with the option of paying a fee to be excused. Programs of that kind have been imposed by courts in a number of areas around the country, including Westchester County, N.Y., and El Paso, as well as at least four local bar groups. Legislatures in Oregon and Washington have also looked into it, though with no action...
...January, the council voted to seek an increase--from $10 to $20--in the fee it receives from each student's term bill. The funding hike was approved by the Faculty in April, and council budgets beginning next year will double...