Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meanwhile, domestic political considerations prompted Carter to paper over his quarrel with Begin about the expansion of West Bank settlements. On the day the Premier was in New York to receive his award, Carter was there also, campaigning for Democratic Governor Hugh Carey. At first the White House said coldly that the two leaders had no plans to meet. Belatedly considering the impact of such a snub on the city's Jewish voters, the White House hastily scheduled a 20-minute session with Begin and his aides...
...tentative agreement might be at hand. By that time the draft treaty had been revised at least seven times, and most of the problems had been either solved or sidestepped. Chief among these was the question of "linkage" between an Egyptian-Israeli treaty and further negotiations on the West Bank and Gaza. The two sides agreed to discuss the matter both in a preamble to the treaty and in separate letters that will be attached to the main document...
...apply for international economic aid or help from any nation other than Britain. Now the island seems intent on attaching itself to every organization with an aid program. Says Dominica's Foreign Minister, Leo Austin, 50: "We will join the Organization of American States, the United Nations, World Bank, all of them...
Unlike the new PATS, NOW accounts have been tried and proved by banks and other thrift institutions in the six New England states for several years, with impressive results. The region's biggest bank, Boston's First National, attracted NOW depositors from all 50 states and some 70 foreign countries. In fact, about 20% of the funds in the bank's NOW accounts come from depositors outside of Massachusetts. Says Kenneth Rossano, senior vice president at the bank: "Nationwide NOW accounts are inevitable...
...Though banks in most states are still not authorized to offer NOW accounts, they will spread to the New York State market soon, as a result of an amendment that was unexpectedly passed in the hectic last days of the 95th Congress. Consequently, Citibank and Chase Manhattan have scrapped plans to offer PATS in favor of NOWs, and Chemical Bank and Manufacturers Hanover, which introduced PATS last week, plan to switch soon. Says Robert Lipp, head of Chemical Bank's metropolitan division: "NOWS are less confusing and cleaner. They are clearly...