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- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.212
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-
-
- Detailed directions for making a traditional kimono, outer robe, haori jacket,
- hanten jacket, wraparound top, vest, slacks, obi sashes and tabi socks.
- Includes comments about using traditional (14" wide) materials and modern
- materials. Includes notes for fitting Westerners who are often larger than
- traditional Asian people. Meticulous details!
-
- Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear. John
- Marshall. ISBN 0-87011-865-x. $16.95 (paper). 1988. Kodansha International
- Ltd.
-
-
- FYF: Flatter Your Figure. [alg]
-
- Includes tests (using a mirror, stick, string and helpers) for about 20 figure
- features such as short legs, short or long waisted, swayback, shape of
- shoulders, bust, waist, hips, and arms. Also analyzes shape of face and
- haircut. Advise for deciding which figure features are advantages, which are
- minor disadvantages and which are major disadvantages. A section showing many
- basic garment shapes explains which are favorable or unfavorable for various
- figures. Discusses camaflaging common problems, accenting your best features,
- and using garment lines to create illusions. Emphasizes a positive attitude;
- accent positive features and don't draw attention to less desireable features.
- Advise for balancing conflicting advise (e.g. styles that are good for some of
- your features but bad for other features).
-
- This subject is usually covered in general sewing references, but FYF is a
- much more comprehensive guide. Recommended for people who sew their own
- clothing or buy ready made. Illustrates and discusses women's clothing only.
-
- Flatter Your Figure. Jan Larkey. $9.95 ISBN 0-13-321795-7. 1991. Prentice
- Hall / Simon Schuster. Larkey had an article in Threads in ?early 1991? that
- contained a number of the ideas in FYF.
-
-
-
- FAQ: Where can I get an up to date copy of this FAQ?
-
- When looking for an FAQ list, first do the obvious and check the relevant
- newsgroup for articles with "FAQ" in the subject line. If you don't know how
- to check articles marked as read, your sysadmin can tell you. Next, try the
- group news.answers since this FAQ is crossposted there. Again, your sysadmin
- can tell you the commands to use in searching.
-
- If you cannot find the FAQ on your system, you can retrieve a copy from
- Jonathan Kamen's archive of periodic postings. For general instructions on
- the server, send email containing the commands "help" and "send index" (no
- quotes, separate lines) to
- mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
- For a list of all periodic postings that are archives in news.answers, email
- the command "send usenet/news.answers/index" to the server.
-
- via anonymous FTP:
- Periodic postings including FAQs are archived at "pit-manager.mit.edu"
- (18.72.1.58), in the directory "/pub/usenet". The textile FAQs are:
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts-historical-costuming
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles-books/part1
- /pub/usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles-books/part2
-
- via email server:
- The address of the server is mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu. To retrieve
- files, send email to the server with a blank subject and one or more of these
- lines in the body:
- send usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles
- send usenet/news.answers/crafts-historical-costuming
- send usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles-books/part1
- send usenet/news.answers/crafts-textiles-books/part2
-
-
- =================================
- ToDO (maybe):
- Is this too big? (books: 1012 lines; h.c 500 lines; sewing 600 lines) should I
- remove references? say less about books? oh, I hate editing!
- Add home decorating notes
- Fix up bibliographic references in Fitting and Pattern Drafting sections
- Clean up fitting and pattern drafting sections: re-check some comments, e.g
- on Armstrong and other books
- Add fitting section Tbl of Contents
- Add sergers to specialty
- Add topics from Betzina books
- Info on ethnic books (Erikson's Ethnic Costume, etc) for this or hist-cost FAQ
- specialty books such as Erikson's fabric manipulations, books on quilted
- clothing? embellishments and special techniques?
- Add RLShep's books to hist-cost FAQ for drafting 1800's patterns
- Specialty: Maternity (Great Expectations and that other one that's in print
- now. name?). Babies; that Fashion Accessories book;
- someone had additional comments on Nancy Zieman; add them in
- Martensson, Kerstin: Sewing For Baby, Sewing for Toddlers, incls master
- patterns, publ: Kwik-Sew. softcover, $10? each. Marina recommends;
- where are these available? (stores that carry Kwik Sew)
- Innovative Serging (has chapt on which machines are good) author?
- Happy Endings has TONS of bindings for household sewing!
- update notes on Holleran and Wolfe books
- special: bags ?
- _Lucy's Bag Book_ by Lucy MacKall ISBN 0-395-26473-1.
- Houghton Mifflin Company. 1978.
- _The Total Tote Bag Book: Designer Totes to Craft and Carry_ by
- Joyce Aiken and Jean Ray Laury ISBN 0-8008-7793-4 Taplinger
- Publisheing Co, 1977. (rather 60's or 70's-ish).
- specialty: Make Your Own Japanese Clothes by John Marshall
- The Sew/Fit Manual (see ad in Sew News Apr '92); can anyone comment on this
- method for fitting?
- Miscellaneous: (todo)
- FYF: Flatter Your Figure
- GE: Great Expectations (maternity)
- ARtW: Altering Women's/Men's Ready to Wear
- see also FDPS: Fashion Design for the Plus Size [alg]
- copying ready made, how-to: Rusty Benussen's book, Kari Newell Copy Creations,
- SRL,101, ????
- Pointer to Threads articles on sleeves and armholes
- Pointer to Threads article on using plaids in jackets and lapels
- the book by ?Hazen? on sewing machine repair
- Owner's Guide to Sewing Machines, Sergers and Knitting Machines by
- Gale Grigg-Hazen. Available for $10.40 from Clotilde, 1909 S. W.
- First Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315-2100 (+s/h) 1-800-772-2891
- double check the [HIST-COST] labels
- =======================================
-
-
- -Anne Louise Gockel
- Cornell Computer Science
-
- Internet: alg@cs.cornell.edu UUCP: cornell!alg
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- From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
- Newsgroups: news.misc,news.groups,news.admin,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
- Subject: Changes to How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
- Message-ID: <spaf-c_howto_719471843@cs.purdue.edu>
- Date: 19 Oct 92 05:17:24 GMT
- Expires: 18 Dec 92 17:17:23 GMT
- Followup-To: news.misc
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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-
- Archive-name: creating-newsgroups/diff1
- Last-change: 23 Sep 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
-
-
- *** old/howto.n Sat Sep 19 23:18:22 1992
- --- ./src/howto.n Wed Sep 23 10:56:53 1992
- ***************
- *** 2,5 ****
- Followup-to: news.newusers.questions
- ! From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
- ! Reply-to: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
-
- --- 2,5 ----
- Followup-to: news.newusers.questions
- ! From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
- ! Reply-to: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
-
- ***************
- *** 7,9 ****
- Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
- ! Last-change: 30 Nov 91 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
-
- --- 7,9 ----
- Original-author: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods)
- ! Last-change: 23 Sep 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
-
- ***************
- *** 41,43 ****
- moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups
- ! to announce-newgroups@rpi.edu.
-
- --- 41,43 ----
- moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups
- ! to announce-newgroups@uunet.uu.net.
-
- ***************
- *** 60,62 ****
- charter, or looking for any other guidance in the creation procedure, can
- ! send a message to group-advice@rpi.edu; a few seasoned news administrators
- are available through this address.
- --- 60,62 ----
- charter, or looking for any other guidance in the creation procedure, can
- ! send a message to group-advice@uunet.uu.net; a few seasoned news administrators
- are available through this address.
- ***************
- *** 148,150 ****
- moderated, the vote-taker should send a message during the waiting period to
- ! Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu> and David C. Lawrence <tale@rpi.edu> with
- both the moderator's contact address and the group's submission address.
- --- 148,150 ----
- moderated, the vote-taker should send a message during the waiting period to
- ! Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu> and David C. Lawrence <tale@uunet.uu.net> with
- both the moderator's contact address and the group's submission address.
- --
- Gene Spafford
- Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
- Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825
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- From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence)
- Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.groups,news.admin,news.announce.newgroups,news.answers
- Subject: How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup
- Message-ID: <spaf-howto_719471725@cs.purdue.edu>
- Date: 19 Oct 92 05:15:29 GMT
- Expires: 18 Dec 92 17:15:25 GMT
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- Last-change: 23 Sep 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
-
- GUIDELINES FOR USENET GROUP CREATION
-
- REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUP CREATION:
-
- These are guidelines that have been generally agreed upon across
- USENET as appropriate for following in the creating of new newsgroups in
- the "standard" USENET newsgroup hierarchy. They are NOT intended as
- guidelines for setting USENET policy other than group creations, and they
- are not intended to apply to "alternate" or local news hierarchies. The
- part of the namespace affected is comp, news, sci, misc, soc, talk, rec,
- which are the most widely-distributed areas of the USENET hierarchy.
- Any group creation request which follows these guidelines to a
- successful result should be honored, and any request which fails to
- follow these procedures or to obtain a successful result from doing so
- should be dropped, except under extraordinary circumstances. The
- reason these are called guidelines and not absolute rules is that it is
- not possible to predict in advance what "extraordinary circumstances"
- are or how they might arise.
- It should be pointed out here that, as always, the decision whether or not
- to create a newsgroup on a given machine rests with the administrator of that
- machine. These guidelines are intended merely as an aid in making those
- decisions.
-
-
- The Discussion
-
- 1) A request for discussion on creation of a new newsgroup should be posted to
- news.announce.newgroups, and also to any other groups or mailing lists at
- all related to the proposed topic if desired. The group is moderated, and
- the Followup-to: header will be set so that the actual discussion takes
- place only in news.groups. Users on sites which have difficulty posting to
- moderated groups may mail submissions intended for news.announce.newgroups
- to announce-newgroups@uunet.uu.net.
-
- The article should be cross-posted among the newsgroups, including
- news.announce.newgroups, rather than posted as separate articles. Note that
- standard behaviour for posting software is to not present the articles in
- any groups when cross-posted to a moderated group; the moderator will handle
- that for you.
-
- 2) The name and charter of the proposed group and whether it will be moderated
- or unmoderated (and if the former, who the moderator(s) will be) should be
- determined during the discussion period. If there is no general agreement on
- these points among the proponents of a new group at the end of 30 days of
- discussion, the discussion should be taken offline (into mail instead of
- news.groups) and the proponents should iron out the details among
- themselves. Once that is done, a new, more specific proposal may be made,
- going back to step 1) above.
-
- 3) Group advocates seeking help in choosing a name to suit the proposed
- charter, or looking for any other guidance in the creation procedure, can
- send a message to group-advice@uunet.uu.net; a few seasoned news administrators
- are available through this address.
-
- The Vote
-
- 1) AFTER the discussion period, if it has been determined that a new group is
- really desired, a name and charter are agreed upon, and it has been
- determined whether the group will be moderated and if so who will
- moderate it, a call for votes may be posted to news.announce.newgroups and
- any other groups or mailing lists that the original request for discussion
- might have been posted to. There should be minimal delay between the
- end of the discussion period and the issuing of a call for votes.
- The call for votes should include clear instructions for how to cast
- a vote. It must be as clearly explained and as easy to do to cast a
- vote for creation as against it, and vice versa. It is explicitly
- permitted to set up two separate addresses to mail yes and no votes
- to provided that they are on the same machine, to set up an address
- different than that the article was posted from to mail votes to, or
- to just accept replies to the call for votes article, as long as it
- is clearly and explicitly stated in the call for votes article how
- to cast a vote. If two addresses are used for a vote, the reply
- address must process and accept both yes and no votes OR reject
- them both.
-
- 2) The voting period should last for at least 21 days and no more than 31
- days, no matter what the preliminary results of the vote are. The exact
- date that the voting period will end should be stated in the call for
- votes. Only votes that arrive on the vote-taker's machine prior to this
- date will be counted.
-
- 3) A couple of repeats of the call for votes may be posted during the vote,
- provided that they contain similar clear, unbiased instructions for
- casting a vote as the original, and provided that it is really a repeat
- of the call for votes on the SAME proposal (see #5 below). Partial vote
- results should NOT be included; only a statement of the specific new
- group proposal, that a vote is in progress on it, and how to cast a vote.
- It is permitted to post a "mass acknowledgement" in which all the names
- of those from whom votes have been received are posted, as long as no
- indication is made of which way anybody voted until the voting period
- is officially over.
-
- 4) ONLY votes MAILED to the vote-taker will count. Votes posted to the net
- for any reason (including inability to get mail to the vote-taker) and
- proxy votes (such as having a mailing list maintainer claim a vote for
- each member of the list) will not be counted.
-
- 5) Votes may not be transferred to other, similar proposals. A vote shall
- count only for the EXACT proposal that it is a response to. In particular,
- a vote for or against a newsgroup under one name shall NOT be counted as
- a vote for or against a newsgroup with a different name or charter,
- a different moderated/unmoderated status or (if moderated) a different
- moderator or set of moderators.
-
- 6) Votes MUST be explicit; they should be of the form "I vote for the
- group foo.bar as proposed" or "I vote against the group foo.bar
- as proposed". The wording doesn't have to be exact, it just needs to
- be unambiguous. In particular, statements of the form "I would vote
- for this group if..." should be considered comments only and not
- counted as votes.
-
- 7) A vote should be run only for a single group proposal. Attempts to create
- multiple groups should be handled by running multiple parallel votes rather
- than one vote to create all of the groups.
-
- The Result
-
- 1) At the completion of the voting period, the vote taker must post the
- vote tally and the E-mail addresses and (if available) names of the voters
- received to news.announce.newgroups and any other groups or mailing lists
- to which the original call for votes was posted. The tally should include
- a statement of which way each voter voted so that the results can be
- verified.
-
- 2) AFTER the vote result is posted, there will be a 5 day waiting period,
- beginning when the voting results actually appear in
- news.announce.newgroups, during which the net will have a chance to
- correct any errors in the voter list or the voting procedure.
-
- 3) AFTER the waiting period, and if there were no serious objections that might
- invalidate the vote, and if 100 more valid YES/create votes are received
- than NO/don't create AND at least 2/3 of the total number of valid votes
- received are in favor of creation, a newgroup control message may be sent
- out. If the 100 vote margin or 2/3 percentage is not met, the group should
- not be created.
-
- 4) The newgroup message will be sent by the news.announce.newgroups moderator
- at the end of the waiting period of a successful vote. If the new group is
- moderated, the vote-taker should send a message during the waiting period to
- Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu> and David C. Lawrence <tale@uunet.uu.net> with
- both the moderator's contact address and the group's submission address.
-
- 5) A proposal which has failed under point (3) above should not again be
- brought up for discussion until at least six months have passed from the
- close of the vote. This limitation does not apply to proposals which never
- went to vote.
-
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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Subject: misc.consumers FAQ on credit diff 1 of 4
- Message-ID: <1992Oct23.174025.7913@spss.com>
- Followup-To: misc.consumers
- Sender: news@spss.com (Net News Admin)
- Organization: SPSS Inc.
- References: none
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 17:40:25 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
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- Archive-name: consumer-credit-faq/diff1
- Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
-
-
- As the consumer-credit FAQ is quite long, I'm posting diffs for those of
- you who already have copies of last month's edition. If you want the
- whole thing, don't worry: I'm posting it next, with subject heads "misc
- consumers FAQ on credit part 1 of 4" etc.
-
- I've omitted trivial diffs, those involving only formatting and
- punctuation and renumbering questions.
-
-
- 12c12
- < Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
- ---
- > Last-modified: 21 Oct 1992
- 143c143
- < section 6. Miscellaneous credit-card stuff
- ---
- > section 6. Miscellaneous credit-card stuff/Fair Debt Collection Act
- 149c149
- < 606. How far can collection agencies go in bothering me?
- ---
- > 606. What may creditors do? Fair Debt Collection Act.
- 261,262c261,262
- < Dave Niebuhr, Rich Salz, Mark Schuldenfrei, Russell Schulz, Carol
- < Springs, William December Starr, Ivan Weisz, David Whiteman, Tom
- ---
- > Dave Niebuhr, Rich Salz, Robert Sawyer, Mark Schuldenfrei, Russell Schulz,
- > Carol Springs, William December Starr, Ivan Weisz, David Whiteman, Tom
- --
- The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not SPSS, Inc.
- -------------------
- adams@spss.com Phone: (312) 329-3522
- Steve Adams "Space-age cybernomad" Fax: (312) 329-3558
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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Subject: misc.consumers FAQ on credit diff 2 of 4
- Message-ID: <1992Oct23.174250.8050@spss.com>
- Followup-To: misc.consumers
- Sender: news@spss.com (Net News Admin)
- Organization: SPSS Inc.
- References: <1992Oct23.174025.7913@spss.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 17:42:50 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
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-
- Archive-name: consumer-credit-faq/diff2
- Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
-
-
- Please see part 1 for explanations.
-
- 12c12
- < Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
- ---
- > Last-modified: 21 Oct 1992
- 177a178,182
- > A reader has reported that his Schwab account has a debit-type card
- > associated with it, but it is treated like a credit card for other
- > purposes. In other words, it is a credit card, but the debit is made
- > immediately to his Schwab account.
- >
- 623,626c628,633
- < located; dial 1, the area code, and 555-1212. Then call the bank
- < and ask for an application. Alternatively, larger public libraries
- < have banking directories and can probably give you the information
- < at the reference desk or by phone.
- ---
- > located (or you can call 411, or the Operator); dial 1, the area code,
- > and 555-1212. Then call the bank and ask for an application.
- > Alternatively, larger public libraries have banking directories and
- > can probably give you the information at the reference desk or by
- >
- > phone.
- --
- The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not SPSS, Inc.
- -------------------
- adams@spss.com Phone: (312) 329-3522
- Steve Adams "Space-age cybernomad" Fax: (312) 329-3558
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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Subject: misc.consumers FAQ on credit diff 3 of 4
- Message-ID: <1992Oct23.174431.8135@spss.com>
- Followup-To: misc.consumers
- Sender: news@spss.com (Net News Admin)
- Organization: SPSS Inc.
- References: <1992Oct23.174025.7913@spss.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1992 17:44:31 GMT
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- Archive-name: consumer-credit-faq/diff3
- Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
-
-
- Please see part 1 for explanations.
-
- 12c12
- < Last-modified: 21 Aug 1992
- ---
- > Last-modified: 21 Oct 1992
- 220c220
- < handle these for free, if your state lets you pay license feed by
- ---
- > handle these for free, if your state lets you pay license fees by
- 465a466,469
- > In addition, you MAY successfully protest charges outside of these
- > parameters, but there is no legal requirement for the credit card
- > company to do so.
- >
- 729c733
- < Q606. How far can collection agencies go in bothering me?
- ---
- > Q606. What may creditors do? Fair Debt Collection Act.
- 737d740
- < - violence or the threat of violence against persons or property;
- 739c742,743
- < - obscene, profane, or abusive language;
- ---
- > o The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to
- > harm the physical person, reputation or property of any person.
- 741,743c745,746
- < - repeated telephone calls with intent to "annoy, abuse, or harass",
- < or calls or visits at inconvenient or unusual times (generally,
- < before 8 am or after 9 pm);
- ---
- > o The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural
- > consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader.
- 745,746c748,750
- < - visits at your workplace "if it is known the employer prohibits
- < such contact";
- ---
- > o Causing a telephone to ring or engaging any person in telephone
- > conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy,
- > abuse, or harass any person at the called number.
- 748,749c752,755
- < - falsely letting the debtor think that the collector is a
- < government agent, or an attorney;
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that the debt collector
- > is vouched for, bonded by, or affiliated with the United States
- > or any State, including the use of any badge, uniform, or
- > facsimile thereof.
- 751,752c757,758
- < - pretending that a document is from any source other than the true
- < one;
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that any individual is
- > an attorney or that any communication is from an attorney.
- 754,756c760,768
- < - a threat (overt or implied) that the debtor can go to jail or have
- < property seized or wages attached, when that action would be
- < illegal or the collector doesn't actually plan such action;
- ---
- > o The representation or implication that nonpayment of any debt
- > will result in the arrest or imprisonment of any person or the
- > seizure, garnishment, attachment or sale of any property or
- > wages of any person, when such action is unlawful or the debt
- > collector does not intend to take such action.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that the consumer
- > committed any crime or other personal conduct, in order to
- > disgrace the consumer.
- 758,759c770,773
- < - giving anyone any false credit information, including failing to
- < mention that the debtor disputes a debt if that is true;
- ---
- > o Communicating or threatening to communicate to any person credit
- > information which is known or which should be known to be false,
- > including the failure to communicate that a disputed debt is
- > disputed.
- 761c775,782
- < - publicizing the debt;
- ---
- > o The use or distribution of any written communication which
- > simulates or is falsely represented to be a document authorized,
- > issued, or approved by any court, official, or agency of the
- > United States or any State, or which creates a false impression
- > as to its source, authorization, or approval.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that accounts have been
- > turned over to innocent purchasers for value.
- 763,764c784,810
- < - a lie (overt or implied) about whether particular documents are or
- < are not legal process.
- ---
- > o The false representation or implication that documents are legal
- > process.
- >
- > o The false representation or implication that documents are *not*
- > legal process forms or do not require action by the consumer.
- >
- > o Communication with debtor at unusual or known-inconvient time or
- > place.
- >
- > o Communication with third parties without debtor consent.
- >
- > o False or Misleading Representations including
- >
- > + The threat to take any action that cannot legally be taken
- > or that is not intended to be taken.
- >
- > + Communication or threatening to communicate to any person credit
- > information which is known or which should be known to be false,
- > including the failure to communicate that a disputed debt is
- > disputed.
- >
- > + The use or distribution of any written communication which
- > simulates or is falsesly represented to be a document
- > authorized, issued, or approved by any court, official, or
- > agency of the United States or any State, or which creates
- > a false impression as to its source, authorization, or
- > approval.
- --
- The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not SPSS, Inc.
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