Word: lende
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democrats will already be at a disadvantage in 1988. The Republicans will be the incumbent party during a period of decent economic growth. Reagan will still have enough popularity to lend significant support to the GOP nominee...
...competition in the credit-card business intensifies, many lenders are blatantly trying to lure customers from rivals. People's Bank of Connecticut, which charges an unusually low 11.5% interest on its MasterCard, will lend people the money they need to pay off other credit-card balances and switch to its card. Buffalo-based Empire of America bank now offers its customers a novel choice. They can pay 18% interest on purchases with a Visa Classic card and enjoy the traditional 30-day grace period, or they can pay just 13.7% on a Visa Lite and tote up interest from...
...those willing, you're not alone. More and more Americans are beginning to lend credibility to what they once would have considered the far-out world of psychic wonders, according to several of the psychic readers who frequent the fair, which is sponsored by the Healers' Resource Center. Consequently, activities like the psychic fair are growing in number across the nation...
...jury in Loudoun County, Va., indicted 16 supporters and five groups affiliated with LaRouche, a perennial presidential candidate who lives on an estate in the county. Within hours, police teams had arrested 13 people on charges of selling unregistered securities. According to the prosecution, the groups persuaded people to lend money to the LaRouche cause by offering interest rates as high as 20%, and many of the loans were never repaid. "Lyndon LaRouche," said Dana Scanlon, one of his spokesmen, "views this as the first dirty trick of the 1988 campaign...
...contra military gains until now as proof that they cannot win. Perhaps. But it is equally possible that the lack of success has to do with two years of a grossly unbalanced arms race between the contras and the Sandinistas. Such imbalances are not rectified overnight, nor do they lend themselves to military spectaculars by the disarmed party. Guerrilla war requires arms, training and, above all, time for building an infrastructure in the countryside. The Sandinistas were in the field for 17 years before their victory over Somoza...