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...committees (PACs) of special-interest groups. These two types often are really one. It has become standard procedure for a rich candidate to lend huge sums to his campaign from his personal fortune, then stage fund-raising parties after the election at which he solicits funds from PACS to repay himself. Says Edward Roeder, compiler of a directory, PACs Americana: "Many Senate seats have been bought but not yet paid for. We will see whether they are put up for sale...
...film follows Alex (Voight), a slick and very nervous man with an obsession for poker chips Like all compulsive gamblers, Alex plays to lose, 20 minutes into the movie, he has won 59,000 and lost 519,000 Under pressure to repay the 510,000 he borrowed to stay in the poker game, Alex skips town with his friend Jerry (Burt Young) and heads for Vegas, the Lind of silk and money...
...become the land of opportunity for the western industrialized nations and the international lending institutions they control. A combination of bad luck and poor economic planning has contributed to creating a state of economic chaos in Mexico. In August, the country's Ministry of Finance found itself unable to repay foreign banks approximately $20 billion in loans that came due this year. The lenders extended the repayment period but also made the most of Mexico's desperate position by attaching a number of conditions to the debt extension. As a result, a significant share of the Mexican government's economic...
Harvard students who have failed to repay their financial loans could soon find their cars impounded by United States marshals if a confiscation program that is proving successful elsewhere spreads to Massachusetts...
Commenting on Mexico's financial situation [Sept. 6], TIME states that Peru will not be able to fulfill its foreign-debt obligations. Peru never intended to reschedule its foreign debt, and will repay the $1 billion...