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...constitutional authority to establish uniform laws on bankruptcies, the states are permitted to exempt certain holdings from being seized and sold to satisfy creditors. California is one of the most liberal; it allows debtors to keep up to $20,000 equity in a house, $500 in a car, most household goods, tools of trade, $1,000 in a savings and loan association account and $1,500 in a credit union account. Moreover, under a ruling won by Slate a decade ago, Californians may convert any funds or assets into exempt categories before filing a bankruptcy petition...
...whites in Mozambique, including 80,000 troops; today the total white population is 85,000 at most, and the troops are gone. Of the approximately 55,000 white civilians who have fled, many were allowed to take with them only a single suitcase and $150 in escudos, leaving behind household goods. Machel has promised that Mozambique will be a multiracial state, but the remaining Portuguese have little doubt that black rule will be just about as one-sided as were the centuries of white rule. As one Portuguese farmer bitterly put it, "Black is not only beautiful but better...
...companies abroad. But to hear some American businessmen tell it, the United Brands, Gulf and Northrop revelations have barely scratched the surface. In several countries, bribes must be routinely passed out to minor functionaries just to get licenses or even make sure that an American executive's household furniture clears customs. Payoffs to government officials to influence their buying decisions are also common in such countries as Argentina, Indonesia and almost any place in the Middle East...
...that they could have ill afforded otherwise. Helen Wood, a saleswoman for an Atlanta office-supply firm, spent her $139 check on children's bathing suits and some clothes for herself. A Pittsburgh mother of five says that she cashed her check and used it for food and household supplies-without telling her husband. Detroit Secretary Virginia Donohue is paying for dental work with her rebate. "It's a godsend," she exclaims...
...owned only their homes; others were panic-stricken at the prospect of independence and left. Two passenger ships which called at Luanda almost empty August 24 and September 2 each left carrying 800 passengers over capacity. During those ten days, trucks and vans crammed with luggage and household goods formed a line which snaked over a mile back into the city from the docks...