Sean Landeta, a Super Bowl champion and considered one of the NFL's great punters, gave Silberman credit for competing, one way or the other.
The reasons given by Standard and Poor's for warning that it may downgrade the credit ratings of all but one of the eurozone's member governments - the exception being Greece, which already has an exceptionally low junk rating - are in a sense uncontroversial.
Thanks to a shared language, it is easy for Britons to take credit for America's successes (for instance, Hollywood films that feature one or two British stars), while decrying American excesses.
"In the event that the credit ratings for one or more of these financial guarantors were downgraded, or if CIBC's own assessment of the credit status of any of the financial guarantors deteriorated significantly, it is possible that CIBC would make additional fair-value adjustments, " the bank said.
There's also a co-story credit for one Edmond Dantes, the pen name affected by John Hughes for his lesser work, some of which sat on a shelf for years.
In a slow market, and especially one with tight credit, it's easier for first-time home buyers to purchase homes, and they're usually buying at the entry level.
In 2000, Standard and Poor's Fixed Income Research made only one credit upgrade for every four credit downgrades.
Holdings of one company's bonds can be switched for those of another, as credit ratings change.
It's also unnecessary, unless one is more interested in taking credit for peace than in actually having it some day.
One former Washington insider recently told me that Archer Daniels Midland, the grain processing giant and one of the country's largest ethanol producers, lobbied heavily for the blender's credit of 51 cents per gallon that ethanol receives.
One former Washington insider recently told me that Archer Daniels Midland (nyse: ADM - news - people ), the grain processing giant and one of the country's largest ethanol producers, lobbied heavily for the blender's credit of 51 cents per gallon that ethanol receives.
The German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom continued Wednesday's share price fall, sliding 4.8% to a new low at one point on Thursday after the credit rating agency Moody's cut its outlook for the group.
"It's a whole new skill set to develop: to convince people to actually take out their credit card, even for one cent, " said Robert Kyncl, YouTube's vice president and global head of content partnerships, told reporters at the March event.
As Congressional leaders struggle to fashion an energy bill that can become law this year, one provision that's likely to be sacrificed is the extension of the tax credit for energy-saving home improvements.
One of the county's credit unions has told the government to bring in tighter controls for high-interest lenders.
It's one thing for card companies to raise rates on customers who are behind in their payments or whose credit scores decline greatly, but quite another for on-time customers with no apparent black marks against them to be put in the higher-rate camp.
For the younger group, one cause of discouragement is the earned-income tax credit (EITC), America's main anti-poverty tool, which tops up poorer people's pay and thus rewards work.
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"As a younger teen, I actually received a credit card and didn't know my spending limit and that kind of thing, so I maxed out the credit card and was penalized for it, and that's why I don't have one now, " Shaw said, explaining her previous troubles with credit.
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