Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...response to a question regarding U.S. intervention in East Timor [WORLD, Sept. 13], Defense Secretary William Cohen had the nerve to proclaim that "the U.S. cannot be and should not be viewed as the policeman of the world" and that the new hot spot is not in the "vital interest" of the U.S. This from the man who only months ago was advancing the Clinton policy that we all had a moral obligation to help the Kosovar Albanians against the oppressive Serbian regime. Perhaps U.S. motivations were not so humanitarian as claimed. ROBERT C. MULLINS Geneva...
...willing--even eager--to advance you cash up to the full amount of that equity. And sometimes even more. Like millions of other homeowners who have taken up the offer, you can spend the money any way you want and take years to repay--at some of the cheapest interest rates you'll ever find, even after the Federal Reserve's latest hikes...
...Public-interest groups like the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), based in Boston, are scrambling to issue guidelines and standards. CERES, a coalition of more than 50 investor, environmental, religious, labor and social-justice groups, has launched a global-reporting initiative to set environmental benchmarks for corporate reports. London's Institute of Social and Ethical Account Ability, a lobbying group, has established recommendations for standards for social and ethical reporting and developed accreditation procedures for professionals in this area...
...come? The Federal Reserve figures that the stated interest rate on home-equity loans averages 9.5%, only half the usual credit-card rate. Even more important, the interest on a home-equity loan can usually be deducted on the borrower's tax return. In some cases, these tax savings can bring the effective interest rate below 5%. Now, that's a deal...
Home-equity loans are available at fixed or variable interest rates. Householders can borrow a lump sum or set up a revolving line of credit that they can tap into as they please; amounts repaid can be borrowed again. Though such loans were once used for home expansions and remodelings, today's householders are borrowing for all sorts of purposes. Among them...