Another woman with her, who was also raped, "vowed never to speak of it again as she was single and believes that news of her rape would foreclose her chances of marriage".
Measures which threaten to upset voters for example, those that might hurt the interests of building firms, or force banks to foreclose on defaulting companies are likely to be postponed again, even though bold action is long overdue.
In practice, it would be unwise for white-owned banks to foreclose on black clients, several of whom are former ANC bigwigs.
Lenders of all stripes clearly prefer to foreclose on delinquent borrowers.
The patent system can foreclose new uses or enhancements by outside researchers.
The company responded by halting sales of seized homes in the 23 states where court approval is required to foreclose while it gets to the bottom of its "robo-signing" problem.
Banks can't foreclose on a college education, but I would guess that given the option, many college graduates, both employed and unemployed, wish that they could erase their student loans in exchange for a hit on their credit score and having their diploma torn up and being legally prevented from claiming any college attendance.I don't think this is a particularly apt analogy.
But Messrs Mason and Rosner retort that this is the result of a deliberate policy by lenders to work through bad debts, rather than foreclose on a home.
As I understand it, the idea of predatory lending is to saddle the borrower with an expensive mortgage so that you can foreclose on the property and sell it at a profit.
American banks had poorer lending standards and have been quicker to foreclose on properties; borrowers have been readier to walk away from their homes.
The pain of bankruptcy should deter opportunists; judges would foreclose on those who cannot afford even a smaller mortgage.
