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...Government connection surfaced when it turned out that a fourth of the export credits extended by BNL had been backed by the Commodity Credit Corporation. The CCC, an arm of the Department of Agriculture, provides guarantees to spur sales of U.S. farm products. But the department's own inquiry revealed that the CCC had no idea whether the credits it had backed were used to purchase U.S. farm commodities that actually reached Iraq, or were resold to third countries for hard currency. Possibly some of the credit guarantees backed shipments of nonagricultural products like transportation spare parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East With a Little Help from Friends | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...most jobs, "education" is a loose term, and when a high school diploma is not a requirement, the Harvard name does not impress. In the real world, "special skills" does not mean how many languages I speak or if I can integrate calculus equations, but rather if I do arm or tray service and if I can type more than 55 words per minute...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Riding the Reputation | 6/6/1990 | See Source »

Advertisements in San Francisco bus shelters seldom provoke double takes, but an eye-popping poster on display in 30 bus shelters is proving an exception. It depicts two naked young men partly wrapped in the U.S. flag. One of them has an arm about the other while his free hand holds a condom. The caption: LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: San Francisco: Safe Sex and The Flag | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...mean the person joined the rebels' call to adopt Pakistan standard time. "Will you have a drink with us?" One should not say no; that might be a sign of Islamic fundamentalism. If the motorist does not pass the tests, the troops might rough him up -- and break an arm or nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conflicts Taking the Road to War? | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...immense personage who kept his hand on a bulging object inside his jacket. He refused to leave when the security guards ordered him out. When they threatened to call the police, the patient climbed off the treatment table and walked out with the bullet still lodged in his arm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Do You Want To Die? | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

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