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Much of that changed when the new law, before Congress for five years, came into effect. Most important among its provisions was a liberalization of Chapter 13 -on the theory that easing the debtor's hardship would give him or her the financial strength to pay a reasonable percentage of what was owed...
Danger and hardship are the hallmarks of a successful Thesiger trek. A near starvation diet, meager sips of water tasting of camel urine, and lots of silence were all he seemed to need. Time and again he sought remote areas of the Muslim world where "it is as meritorious to kill a Christian as to go on the pilgrimage." He traveled under various auspices: in the Sudan Political Service, and as a locust-control officer and a soldier during World War II serving in Ethiopia, Syria, Egypt and Palestine...
...result is that the isolated hardship post, once considered an adventure or a reputation-making opportunity, is more often shunned in favor of the quieter, more civilized capital. The International Communication Agency (the revamped U.S. Information Agency) recently had job openings in both Buenos Aires and Vancouver. Not so many years ago, the Argentine post would have been considered a plum, the Canadian one a backwater bore. This time around, however, there were several dozen applicants for Vancouver and none for Buenos Aires. The reasons: Vancouver is safe and relatively cheap; Buenos Aires has sporadic political violence and triple-digit...
...could claim. Otherwise, said Selective Service Spokesman Brayton Harris, "there will be no student deferments, no occupational deferments and no automatic deferments for family status," meaning that married youths, young fathers and even mothers would be subject to induction. Local draft boards, however, could defer those who pleaded excessive hardship or asked to be excused as conscientious objectors...
...very least, says Williams, the wage law should be amended to provide youth differential, allowing employers to pay people under 20 less than the federal minimum. This would create no hardship because almost all people on the minimum wage are unmarried or part-time employees; no more than one-half of 1% are responsible for supporting a family...