Word: writes
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...figure of interest to political people, to women, to the African-American community, to the international community." Last March, before her husband had even won the Democratic Party's nomination, the New York Observer reported that Michelle Obama had been approached by "over a dozen" publishers to write a book. Calls were going through Washington superlawyer Bob Barnett, who represented the President for Audacity. Interest has only intensified since then, but the First Lady's office is in lockdown when it comes to that subject. "There are no book deals in the works" is all that her spokesperson would tell...
...loans. So far, the effort has gone practically nowhere. While tens of thousands of homeowners have called to ask questions, the program has only received 451 applications and closed 25 loans. That's partly because of the program's high barriers - homeowners have to get their existing lenders to write down the value of what they're owed and then find a new lender to issue a fresh loan. Most major banks haven't signed up to participate. On Feb. 3, the House Financial Services committee held a hearing on how to revamp the program...
...period, only 15% of loans that had received an interest-rate reduction and 23% in which the principal balance had been reduced were more than 60 days late. But oftentimes these more aggressive changes are not being made. White's study found that only 10% of modifications involved principal write-down, and almost all of those cases came from just two services...
...read a statement handed to him. Khan also claimed that the army had colluded in at least one nuclear transaction - a charge Musharraf angrily denied. The Islamabad High Court swiftly muzzled him in July 2008, denying any future access to the media. But over recent months, he began writing a regular newspaper column, "Random Thoughts," a platform he has used to rail against Musharraf's campaign against militancy and to fondly recall decades past, when he had the ear of Pakistan's leaders. Despite what she believes are restrictions on his ability to speak out, his wife says Khan will...
...worded right now is confusing and makes it seem like we have a shield to recklessly endanger children," says Joe Farkas, legislative affairs representative for the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Wisconsin. The Church has teamed up with Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Lena Taylor to write new legislation that could repeal a provision in the state's child abuse and neglect statute that exempts parents from prosecution in some faith-healing cases, while creating a new "affirmative defense" for parents who made a "reasonable attempt" to provide medical care for their child. "We want to have an affirmative defense where parents...