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...even more debt to send the kids to college. The only way to cover that debt is for both parents to work, and still they are stretched too thin. It is this phenomenon, Warren and Tyagi argue, that has made having a child "the single best predictor" of financial ruin. Married couples with children are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as childless couples; they are 75% more likely to be late paying bills and also more likely to face foreclosure on their homes...
After he died in 1303, the monastery fell into a period of ruin, but was revived by Ivan the Terrible in the 17th century after several visions of Prince Daniel were heralded as miracles and the Russian Orthodox Church canonized...
Charles Crane, an American businessman, bought the bells from the Soviets in the 1920s, saving them from ruin. He gave them to then University President A. Lawrence Lowell...
...influenced by terrorists is the Middle Eastern situation (Palestine, Israel). They think the U.S. supports Israeli actions against Arabs. Even extremists don't have anything against Americans; they are against American policies in the Middle East as all Arabs and Muslims, and that's the only thing that could ruin this important strategic alliance. Khalid Al-Shammary Hail, Saudi Arabia...
...Kanfer, a former TIME editor, presents her, Ball does fit one show-biz type well: the star whose early troubles (father dies young, family suffers financial ruin) fed an insecurity and need to please that paradoxically emboldened her to take risks. But as important as her talent and drive, Kanfer shows, was Arnaz, who handled her business savvily and smoothed over her tendency to bully co-stars and crew (though he also made her miserable with his boozing and philandering...