The agency that regulates the nation ' s 3 , 000 savings and loan associations worked full tilt : bands of lawyers negotiated early into the morning , carloads of documents were shuttled from room to room and an army of corporate lawyers set up headquarters at key washington hotels 負責監(jiān)管全國三千家儲蓄貸款銀行的機并全速趕工:一組一組的律師磋商到清晨,整車的文件從一個房間到另一房間搬來搬去,大批專業(yè)公司法的律師在華盛頓主要旅館成立了總部。
A savings and loan association (or S&L), also known as a thrift, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans. The terms "S&L" or "thrift" are mainly used in the United States; similar institutions in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries include building societies and trustee savings banks.