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Consumer groups are starting to lobby for tougher legislative restrictions on the loans, including interest-rate caps and more truth in advertising. A spokesman for the American Bankers Association, a lobbying group, responds that "it's not in the banks' interest to fool or abuse their customers." Lenders point out that so far the 30-day delinquency rate on home-equity loans is only .74%, compared with 3.47% for traditional mortgages...
...invited to dine with Sir Henry Somerset, captain of the Alcyone, and meets Lady Somerset's protegee, Miss Marion Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley). The diarist not only falls in love but also must struggle hopelessly to find some fresh way of describing his feelings: "Forgive a young man, a young fool, his ardours and ecstasies! I understand now that the world will only give ear to them in the mouth of genius...
...April Fool's Day surprise that still makes David Zrike fly into a rage. Like more than 15 million other Americans, Zrike, a 27-year-old partner in a New York City importing business, belongs to a frequent-flyer program that gives bonus trips to loyal airline passengers who accumulate sufficient travel miles. For two years Zrike faithfully flew on Trans World Airlines to reach the 60,000-mile mark needed for two free coach tickets to any TWA destination in the world. Then, on April 1, the airline revised its program. Now 60,000 bonus miles will earn...
...Random House, as well as a couple of authors and a lawyer. Disparate as their personalities may be, each of the owners holds two truths to be self-evident: he can run a team better than the lords of baseball, and each of his rival owners is a conniving fool...
Spanish Fly is filled with subtle and not-so-subtle allusions to Full Force's own recordings. On "A Fool Is Born Everyday" they toss in their well-known "Don't even try it/Full Force don't buy it" line over some spare beats. The album's fine opening track, with a beat reminiscent of last year's "I Wonder If I Take You Home," is even titled "Everything Will B-Fine," after Full Force member B-Fine...