Word: moratorium
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...conspirators were another attorney and a former state health official. Edwards is accused of concealing his partial ownership of four hospital corporations, reporting nearly $2 million in income from their sale as attorney's fees. When he became Governor again in 1984, the indictment claims, Edwards declared a moratorium on the issuance of all new certificates but exempted eight pending projects, five of which belonged to his associates. Edwards and the others are charged under the same racketeering law (RICO) that Federal prosecutors have recently been using to indict many Mafia families...
...price that is fair, and a chance to pay all of my debts." The auction was postponed. In Minnesota, Jim Langman's farm won a similar reprieve when 1,000 farmers protested its forced sale. His hopes now rest with the state legislature, which is considering a moratorium on foreclosures...
...attempt to reduce budget deficits for fiscal year 1986, Reagan is asking for cuts in a wide range of housing programs, including a one year moratorium on spending for modernization of currently existing public housing projects, a 95 percent reduction in funds for the subsidized housing program, and a 10 percent cut in the community bloc grant program...
...will continue to inhibit such expansion. Although the country had a trade surplus of $13 billion last year, $10 billion of that amount had to be earmarked as the annual interest due on the debt. Nonetheless Neves said that he is opposed to the suggestion that Brazil declare a moratorium on its international debts repayments. Said he: "We must pay what we owe. It is a debt of honor for the nation...
Frustration is leading some growers to adopt militant new tactics. About 170 farmers in Iowa agreed two weeks ago to join forces with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In this unusual arrangement, the Teamsters will lobby state and federal officials for a moratorium on farm foreclosures and will provide legal aid to fight bankruptcies; meanwhile, the farmers will help push for the repeal of Iowa's right-to-work law. In Washington, Iowa, more than 150 friends and supporters of Roger Escher, 38, took a different tack. They stood silent last month and refused to bid in the auctioning...