Word: maes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Currently, the private Student Loan Marketing Association, or Sallie Mae, services student loans, acting as an intermediary between the federal government and student recipients of federally guaranteed or subsidized student loans...
Proponents of the direct lending plan say that it would simplify things for students and save money by reducing the default rate and cutting out the profit now made by Sallie Mae and commercial banks...
...escape plan, procure the forged documents and furnish the transportation. One kingpin of the racket is Big Boss Ma (not his real name), a Thai gangster of Chinese descent who funnels mainland Chinese through Bangkok. Seated in the lotus position on a teak sofa at home in Mae Sai, a northern Thai town, Big Boss exudes confidence and affluence. His gold front tooth glimmers as he speaks of his $20,000 prepaid package trips, which he claims have a success rate...
First the school botches up applications, misses deadlines and stifles communication. Then Sallie Mae and her cohorts tie up payment processing with their impersonal computer system that miscalculates graduation dates. The government sells the Joans to Sallie Mae and then guarantees payment. All Sallie Mae does is collect the payments and interest...
...certainly be willing to do any kind of service to get myself out of hock with these Ivan Boeskys of student finance. As long as my credit rating is crashed, I might as well apply for some kind of Sallie Mae credit card with mileage credit. At least then I'll earn points for every trip I have to make between the Square and Garden Street--not to mention all the calls to my toll-free buddies at Elsi. Getting the paperwork right is important. I just hope Harvard pulls through today...