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Americans are having a tougher time than ever making their mortgage payments, according to a survey just released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Its data show that a record 1.23% of mortgages, or some 640,000 loans, are in foreclosure--with the lender moving to take the home from the borrower. That's not only a significant jump over the 1% of loans in foreclosure last year at this time, but it's the highest rate in 30 years of record keeping...
...probably going to go along with the group consensus. "I think all the members of the council are now seized with the issue," Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday at the U.N. Whether that means they will go along with the U.S. exactly on its timetable is a tougher question...
...Crimson, seeking a berth in the NCAA tournament this year, felt it must learn to play a full seventy minutes to contend against tougher competition later in the season. Harvard will aim for that goal in its next matchup at Massachusetts on Wednesday...
...season begins and the contests get tougher while the weather gets rougher, Harvard will have to convert more and more of those crucial fourth downs or short yardage plays to keep drives alive and the opposing defense on the field. The new offensive line got an “A” on Saturday, but it’s still going to have to pass weekly tests to prove its worth...
...British diplomats are pushing the Security Council to rip up the old rules that allowed Iraq to designate "presidential sites" off limits and required inspectors to give Iraq 24 hours' notice before carrying out certain inspections. Says a London official: "We need to make it clear that this is tougher than (previous investigations), more intrusive, more likely to get results...