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...year is a long time in politics--especially after you are part of a scandal that almost topples the President. Our Monicagate one-year update, rhyming-couplets edition...
...third of the home-mortgage market is written in ARMs now, up from 11% a year ago. Is an ARM right for you? In general, the shorter the time you plan on staying put, the better the case for an ARM. They are commonly available in six-month and one-year varieties or hybrids that are fixed for one, three, five, seven and 10 years. The shorter the term, the lower the initial interest rate...
...University has joined the Fair Labor Association (FLA)--a monitoring partnership between the government and the apparel industry--and it has a one-year deal with four other universities to coordinate sweatshop policies and monitoring systems...
...bill said someone carrying 499 grams of powder serves a maximum one-year sentence, whereas a person caught with just 5 grams of crack cocaine receives a mandatory five-year sentence...
...zero-tolerance approach ends the guesswork. In the early '90s, schools began adopting one-strike-and-you're-out policies for kids who secreted weapons or drugs on campus. The President gave zero tolerance a big push when he signed a 1994 law requiring one-year suspension for students who take guns to school. But by definition, zero tolerance erases distinctions among student offenses. Hence the national crackdown on Alka-Seltzer. Since 1996, schools in four states have suspended at least 20 children for possession of the fizzy medicine...