Word: waivers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most controversial and expensive coverage is the collision damage waiver, which generally absolves renters of repair costs for accidental damage to the car. Until last year, customers were liable up to a ceiling of $3,000, but rental agencies have now started holding customers responsible for the total value of the auto. Though an estimated 60% of insured motorists are already covered for this by the insurance on their personal autos, many are unaware of it. Moreover, some credit-card issuers have started providing coverage if the rental is charged on their card. Even so, many renters pay as much...
...House appropriations bill. In asking the Yates committee to delay the funding, the Reagan administration said the state of Massachusetts had not allocated its share, that the town of Gay Head had not transferred the public land and that the Wampanoags should first be required to sign a waiver to future land claims...
...congressman also said in the letter that Gay Head officials assured him the land transfer would be complete by Feb.1 and that the settlement legislation called for the Wampanoags to execute the waiver at the time of the land transfer...
...Times has gone too far is its wish to review medical records and FBI files. "We have no interest in waiving privacy rights to allow newspapers to go on a fishing expedition," said John Buckley, press secretary to Republican Congressman Jack Kemp. Dukakis also will not sign a waiver. Three others -- Republican Alexander Haig and Democratic Senators Joseph Biden and Albert Gore Jr. -- are undecided...
...molder away until the senescent age of 17 before he was able to become the youngest known person ever sworn in as a lawyer in the U.S. After he passed the bar exam this summer, his father Miami Attorney James Baccus petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a waiver of the 18-year- old age requirement for those being admitted to practice. "A judge called Stephen and asked if he really wanted to be a lawyer and if he understood what it meant," recalls his mother Florence Baccus. "I guess he gave them the right answers." Probably didn't miss...