Credit card debt crunch tips from the 1984 cash squeeze
The article argues big banks lose money on credit cards and urges readers to avoid min payments. It calculates costs of paying a $750 balance via minimums versus a full payoff, compares using savings or bank loans, and counsels raiding savings to clear cards by due date.
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Visa
Bank of Commerce
Chris Donald
Donald
Reggie's Ramblings on Castro Trudeau and Global Hopes
The column notes Fidel Castro agreeing with Trudeau on peace proposals and jokes about Canada’s leadership. It also mentions Winnipeg psychics predicting no nuclear holocaust in 1984 and comments on British occultism rising from hippie roots.
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Trudeau
Cuba
Winnipeg
Call to withdraw U S peacekeepers in Lebanon grows
Paul Hellyer notes U S Marines in Beirut prompting calls for exit as three former CIA directors label 1800 Marines inappropri ate to peacekeeping. James Schlesinger warns pullout unless Reagan intensifies action amid rising domestic political pressure. Senate Tower visit signals possible shift.
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Lebanon
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Beirut
Stanfield Turner
William Colby
James Schlesinger
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Defence
Reagan
Congress
Vietnam
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Tower
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Senator Tower
Admiral Turner
Gemayel
Democratic Party
Walter Mondale
Jesse Jackson
Hafez Assad
Robert Goodman Jr
Jackson
Speaking of Canada and its white paper gifts
A fragmentary quotation from French poet Paul Claudel praising Canada. He links poetry to white paper, saying the same gift of white page grants Canada tremendous possibilities. The lines echo admiration for Canada as a land of potential and beauty.
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Canada
Paul Claudel
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