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...public agency set up after the Asian financial crisis to dispose of bad corporate debt, recently assumed $5.48 billion in delinquent accounts from shaky card companies. KAMCO plans to write off up to 30% of the principal, extend the payment periods to a maximum of eight years and redeem the credit records of debtors. Some card companies have started their own debt-forgiveness programs; these have the unintended consequence of creating an incentive for borrowers to stall for a bailout rather than pay up. "Some debtors are telling our phone operators that they're not going to pay their debt...
...worldwide Muslim outrage over the invasion to swell its ranks. And the escalating insurgency confronting U.S. troops in Iraq - punctuated by regular suicide terror attacks reminiscent of those committed by al Qaeda - may be amplifying Bin Laden's message that the path of jihad can defeat the U.S. and redeem Arab honor...
...rather than give Schires a chance to redeem himself in the second quarter, as he successfully has twice in as many starts, in trudged Fitzpatrick on the first play of the next frame...
...What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? and About a Boy), humanizes this outcast by burrowing into the life of the character brushed past in high school hallways, endowing her with a family and catching up with her years after high school graduation when she is trying to redeem herself and renew her family ties...
...Coping with Grief Pico Iyer's essay "Move On," about how to handle the lingering trauma of 9/11, ranks among the best I have read this year [Sept. 15]. He gave thoughtful and positive advice. We redeem our sorrow not by perpetuating it but by directing our thoughts to altruistic thinking and action. America is a beacon of hope and a role model for the people of nations that are culturally advanced but industrially undeveloped. Ajit Mishra Nagpur, India...