Mr. Guare's chosen chapter from the United States history books is similarly no flag-waving Fourth of July picnic, depicting as it does the maneuvering among statesmen preceding the grand Louisiana Purchase and the treaty's grim consequences for the country's black population.
Though he began with Chapter 1, he has otherwise chosen chapters at random.
Carpentier creatively chose chapter titles that had a well established connotative significance and distorted their meaning.
San Bernardino became the third California city in that small span to choose Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection with a city council vote on Tuesday night.
Mary Martin Schaefer, who is actually Canadian — a bluenose from Halifax, Nova Scotia, another big fishing town — chose Chapter 119, "The Candles".
Of the clients that the Housing Partnership counseled last year, eight chose Chapter 13 bankruptcy in order to keep their homes, an option that is increasing on Long Island, said Matthew G. Roseman, an associate with the law firm of Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn in Mineola who specializes in bankruptcy cases.
Legislation pending in Congress could spur still more people to choose Chapter 13 to save their homes.
As the SEC's website candidly points out, the reason why public companies almost always choose Chapter 11 restructuring over Chapter Seven liquidation is that, in Chapter 11, incumbent management keeps a grip on the company.
Some people choose Chapter 13 because it allows them to save their primary homes from foreclosure, though they are required to catch up on their mortgage payments.
Currently, about three out of four people file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7. When debtors choose Chapter 13, it is often because they want to take advantage of the provision that allows them to keep their homes.
