Word: bank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...economic matters, the ulema found themselves bedeviled by subtle problems of distinction that would have tried the ingenuity of the prophet himself, who lived in a less complex fiscal age. In general, Islamic scholars have agreed that government-sponsored pension systems, social-welfare payments, and the use of bank checks and letters of credit are compatible with tradition. But even though loans at interest are made by all Arab-nation banks, most Islamic scholars still stoutly maintain that this is nothing less than the sin of usury. Others feel that even fire, death and accident insurance are precautions that should...
Against the day when 6-105 and other thriving strains fall victim to new mutants of rust, Wahl is already working with Israeli Geneticist Daniel Zohary to breed fungi-resistant grain strains that will, like plasma in a blood bank, be immediately available for sowing in areas hard-hit by rust epidemics. They have already found new wheat and barley strains that are apparently resistant to rust. Says Wahl: "We must build up a bank rich in strains so that we are never again caught by a scavenger like...
...subtle turning point toward slower expansion? Last week not only Washington's economic wiggle watchers but also bankers in such pressure-sensitive spots as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles caught a few signs of such change. Said Chairman Ransom Cook of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank: "I can see some small slowing down in prosperity...
...lecture on "The International Bank and Strategies of Development" by Mrs. Sonia S. Gold, formerly Assistant Professor of Economics at Carnegie Institute of Technology, will be presneted by East House at 7:15 p.m. tonight in the Cabot Hall Living Room, 100 Walker Street. The public is invited. Mrs. Gold is this year's Scholar-In-Residence at Radcliffe...
Firemen pulled hoses across the Holyoke Center plaza, into the bank building and downstairs to extinguish the burning refuse. They brought the fire under control almost immediately...