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...West German newspaper Bild reported that Sakharov was in the middle of another hunger strike when Bonner received the exit visa this week...
Manufacturers Hanover Trust, the fourth largest U.S. bank, last week became the first major lender in four years to lower its credit-card rate. The New York institution trimmed the charge from 19.8% to 17.8% for Visa and MasterCard accounts and other revolving credit lines. "We saw it as a significant marketing opportunity," said Edward Miller, executive vice president for retail banking. The bank hopes to woo customers from its rivals with the lower rate...
...bars Knesset membership to anyone holding dual citizenship. Kahane claims the statute was passed in response to his election. In addition, the U.S. is considering withdrawal of his citizenship because he holds office in a foreign government. Should this happen, Kahane believes that his chances of getting a visa to visit the U.S. would be improved if he drops his link with the J.D.L., which has in the past run afoul of American law enforcement officials...
Borrowing has become so easy, however, that it can take great willpower to resist. Perhaps the biggest lures are the credit cards that companies are so eager to hand out. "We've got this frenzy of gold MasterCard and gold Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months," says Cynthia Barnes, 28, a computer engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories in suburban Chicago. "We got three of them in one day last week." The proliferation of plastic astonishes even bankers. Says John Godfrey, senior vice president and chief economist of Jacksonville-based Barnett Banks of Florida...
...deportation hearing was "just a twist of fate," insisted Perry Rivkind, the INS district director in Miami. He rejected any suggestion that politics influenced his decision to review the case. Chamorro, who has been denied political asylum by the U.S., claims that he has a U.S. entry visa valid through 1987. He vowed to fight any attempt to deport...