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...issue of our budget came up as the first order of business. The new members (approximately 75 percent of the council) were baffled, but we tried to stay tuned. The Undergraduate Council budget is approximately $120,000 a year, a considerable sum brought about mainly by a payment of $20 on everyone's term bill. The constitution breaks council money into three funds: grants, committee and operations. The constitution in Article V, Section 2, says specifically, "No less than 60 percent of the council's finances shall go to the grants process." It says "no less than" because the original...
Early the next month Nicholson returned to the U.S. to start his teaching job at Camp Peary. But twice each year he made personal trips to East Asia, and each one was followed by a payment to one of his accounts. After the meeting with Russians that agents say they observed in Singapore, for instance, Nicholson paid $8,300 cash into his American Express account, purchased two gold commemorative coins and paid his $1,679.59 bill at the Shangri-La Hotel in cash...
Without the AFDC payment, Crosby says, she would not be able to see her son or participate in his care--taxis are too expensive and trains and buses are often not wheelchair-accessible. Buses with broken wheelchair lifts have stranded her in the street many times, she says...
Council members were concerned with the implementation of a required co-payment for each visit to University Health Services...
Once customers are in the door, the successful sub-prime lender keeps them on a tight leash. Within days of missing a payment, the delinquent is contacted to work out a new repayment schedule. If that doesn't work, repossession of car, house or other collateral often follows quickly. And when loans do go bad--in some parts of the industry, losses run 10% or higher even during good times--in-house or outside collection agencies and networks of "repo men" may be called in. Independent bill collectors alone employ an army of 65,000 people, who deploy everything from...