1.   A lower court forgave the debt, but the case went all the way to the Supreme Court.

2.   Ann Symington said she then forgave the debt.

3.   About half the debt was forgiven by the banks.

4.   After threats from her brother, the debt was forgiven.

5.   But within eight years, Elizabeth Dole might be president and, gracious Southern lady that she is, she might even forgive the debt.

6.   Clinton said that forgiving the debts of poor nations was essential to their economic and political reform efforts.

7.   Creditor nations and international donors must forgive the debts of Honduras and Nicaragua.

8.   Equity investors are likely to wind up with nothing, and bondholders will probably agree to forgive some debt in exchange for equity.

9.   Even so, the state gave plenty of help, forgiving the debt of the shipyard and pumping fresh capital into it through the Polish Development Bank.