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Three Days of Grace. The intent of the law is to enable consumers to shop around for the best credit terms avail able. Regulation "Z" also strikes an in direct blow at credit rackets. Some home-repair contractors, electricians, plumbers and even morticians have customarily required that the customer sign an agreement giving the creditor a lien on his home. Now the creditor must not only inform the consumer that there is such a lien but give him three business days after signing to think over the deal and cancel it if he chooses - a requirement that could create...
...Ulysee. This year, older and a little wiser, Claudine brought suit against the company. Ruling that the studio had taken advantage of a minor, the judge ordered Ulysee Productions to return the skin, to cut the scene from the movie, and to pay for plastic surgery to repair Claudine's scar. He also awarded her $6,000 that should help soothe her wounded pride...
...months that followed the overly successful Playboy parody, they served dinners there almost every weekend which stretched the limits of gourmet excess. Cases of incredible wines were flown in from France. And the entire interior was fixed up to greater-than-Hearst elegance, including the repair of the rare delphic tiles that cover the walls downstairs, at a cost of about...
...landlord who will not repair a firetrap is worse than a campus demonstrator...
...express their "anger without insult," and describe the offense candidly and explicitly: "When I see cards, soda bottles and potato chips scattered all over the floor, it makes me feel unpleasant. It actually makes me angry." When the point is made clearly enough, most children will calmly decide to repair the damage without hurt feelings. "Our anger has a purpose: it shows our concern," Ginott writes. "Failure to get angry at certain moments indicates indifference, not love...