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...best reasons: optimism, ambition, idealism. The Brinkleys decided, after Peter was born, that it was time to buy a house. They wanted to live in a good neighborhood, and the house they picked cost a mortgage payment of $582 a month, twice what their apartment rent had been. "We thought we could handle the increase," says Steve, "but that was wishful thinking...
...Maiden office reaches out over much of New England. It takes on about 45,000 cases a year, involving $20 million, and recovers about 20% to 30%, of which it may keep as much as 50%. Once Golditch has "captivated" his quarry, he proposes various forms of payment to his client-like a new credit-card loan, or a co-signed bank note. "I will never advise anyone to incur debt they can't handle," he says, "but I have a moral commitment to work out an equitable agreement...
...correspondents around the country found that the very issue of Social Security quickly touched personal sensitivities of all kinds. "When everybody's standard of living is shrinking," says Reporter-Researcher Denise Worrell, "how can you choose between your own paycheck and your grandfather's Social Security payment?" Says Washington Correspondent Jeanne Saddler, who interviewed top Administration officials, including Commissioner of Social Security John A. Svahn: "Most people have never understood how the system works. The dilemma the Government faces is finding a way to keep the commitments it has made to the people." Neil MacNeil, who has covered...
...billion more than they paid out during the period. Defenders of Social Security benefits sometimes cite this surplus as proof that there is no crisis. But Social Security's trustees* have warned that the disability and Medicare fund reserves are too low to guarantee the timely payment of benefits beyond "sometime during 1984," unless the system is reformed. And if the economy grows vigorously from now through the rest of the 1980s-a fiscal event very few economists are predicting-the funds will barely squeeze by, with no margin to guard against a temporary downturn...
...Level Free-Anent Six-year contract worth $3 million Stock options and deferred payment as a fringe benefit...