Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lower. It can't get any better for the customer," said Bennett Bidwell, head of Chrysler's motor division. Last week the automaker began offering two-year car loans carrying the lowest rate possible: 0%. That attention-getting number was part of Chrysler's response to incentives launched a few days earlier by Ford and General Motors...
Under the relief plan, borrowers could exchange current loans for new ones that would be smaller in principal or would pay lower interest rates. To give bankers an incentive to accept such arrangements, the IMF and the World Bank are debating whether to provide partial guarantees for some of the borrowers' interest payments...
...state's name comes from an Aleutian word that means "great land." And no one who has ever seen Alaska's panoramic peaks, its rushing rivers and teeming wildlife would argue with that description. Alaska is great in beauty, in majesty and in sheer size. If laid atop the lower 48 states, it would stretch from Florida to California. The territory that was once called Seward's Folly is rich almost beyond comprehension in oil, coal, timber and fish. Alaska is truly America's last frontier, a place of wonder that is virtually unspoiled and a priceless treasure that...
...result of soaring costs and fear of indebtedness, a growing majority of lower- and middle-class young people are unable to afford college under the current system. The recent decline in Black and Hispanic enrollment demonstrates that the current student aid programs are not adequate to assure equal opportunity in education. And it seems very unlikely, with looming budget cuts and our political fear of tax hikes, that any new student aid programs are on the horizon...
...study found that 9 percent of lower-class female prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro were infected, but none of middle- or upper-class prostitutes tested were infected...