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By Michelle Singletary
Sunday, February 26, 2006; F01

In what will undoubtedly be the first of many "I told you so" reports, the
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys has found that,
overwhelmingly, people who file for bankruptcy protection aren't deadbeats
who went on shopping sprees with the intention of shirking their debts.
That's quite contrary to what was being claimed by supporters of the new
federal bankruptcy law that went into effect last October.
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USA TODAY
February 23, 2006 Thursday
FINAL EDITION

SECTION: MONEY; Pg. 1B

Students suffocate under tens of thousands in loans;
Higher interest rates hurt those forced to borrow as gap between aid, costs
grows

BYLINE: Sandra Block

Tom Dillon, 19, a pre-pharmacy major at the University of Connecticut, is
carrying $52,000 in student loans. And he's just getting started. When he
gets his pharmacy doctorate in four years, he expects his debt to exceed
$150,000.

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