Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...volume of consumer debt may be less burdensome than it appears, mostly because of the way it is structured. Consumers now stretch out their $ debt over more payments. Many car loans allow 60 months to pay, instead of the traditional 36 to 48 months. Credit-card holders can pay as little as 1.65% of their outstanding balance each month, while home-equity loans are drawn out to as much as 15 years. As a result, the portion of household income devoted to debt payments is roughly the same today...
...nightfall, the protesters suddenly switch on headlights and hand-held spotlights to illuminate a narrow stretch of boundary. Tonight's Light Up the Border rally is one in a series of monthly anti-immigrant demonstrations held in a place where millions of Latin Americans and others have crossed the hills and canyons that feed into San Diego...
Some have already indicated their approval ofSilber for the state's top party post. "I don'tthink that it would mean the end of the Democraticparty in Massachusetts by any stretch of theimagination," said David S. Palmer, professor ofLatin American studies...
...pink and red (this is the year of color, remember): mohair coat, $725; cropped jacket, $575; knit dress, $230. The total for the ensemble: ! $1,530. That's not including the $68 wool scarf, $15 ribbed tights or the who- knows-how-much gloves. I bought a pair of stretch velvet leggings last year for $80 -- not exactly dirt cheap but top-notch fashion for the money. When I see stretch velvet leggings in the magazines for $500, I wonder what the other $420 is for. That's not style, that's trying to sucker...
...physician or engineer $50,000. Fearful of the disgrace attached to unmarried women, a bride's family will often go beyond its means to secure a good home for a daughter. Such tribute can come in the form of television sets, refrigerators, VCRs or automobiles, and payments may stretch out for years. But when a bride's family has no avenues for raising money, a husband sometimes kills the woman, so that he is free to remarry and claim another dowry. Investigating police are usually more than willing to rule these incidents suicides: less than 5% of such cases ever...