Word: banke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hussein is aptly cast as the Arab spokesman to the West. By being forced to yield Arab Jerusalem and the West Bank, his nation lost proportionately more than other Arab nations in the war; accordingly, he stands to gain more by a settlement. He also needs that settlement most. The popularity he enjoyed two years ago is ebbing to such a degree that he reportedly has threatened abdication. In recent months, a host of unsavory rumors have sprung up about the King's financial dealings and his personal life. True or not, most Jordanians believe them. Undermined by such...
...grade reform group is now considering plans to bank exams--deposit completed exams with a trust company until grade reform is effected. Members of that group had also asked to be admitted to the faculty meeting today, but had not received a reply late last night...
...result, housing, which has only recovered from the 1966 squeeze, seems certain to suffer again (see BUSINESS). Car sales may also slow down. But no one seems very alarmed. "I don't see any drastic reaction," says Economist Beryl Sprinkel of Chicago's Harris Trust & Savings Bank. "It just seems to confirm the view that this time the policymakers really mean business...
After a protracted wrangle with bankers, the board last month demanded that banks include in their reported profits the losses on collectible loans as well as the gains or losses on securities transactions. Until now, banks have excluded both categories from "net operating earnings." As a consequence, says Leonard M. Savoie, executive vice president of the accountants' institute, "the operating results of an entire industry are overstated. When is a loss not a loss? When it happens to a bank...
...liberals' faith in his ability to govern the University in what they considered a satisfactory manner. He was questioned by liberal Faculty members on whether the University's investment policy was too conservative; and later on whether it didn't in fact serve the interests of State Street Bank...