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...hardly any glory in the seedy Kinshasa bar near the banks of the sluggish Zaïre River and little hope for the country that bears the river's name. Though its debts are small on an international scale-only $5.1 billion-Zaïre is a financial basket case, a country so broke, so mismanaged, so beset by the global recession and, ultimately, so corrupt that it should be a perfect warning to lenders. Since 1976, Zaïre's debt has been rescheduled at least five times; last year only an estimated $250 million...
...default is that large loans would have to be written off. "If Zaïre were serious about sorting out its debt, it could be done in a matter of years," says one creditor. Explains a Western diplomat: "The Zaïrians are not worried about being a basket case. The elite always do well regardless of who is putting up the money...
When the patient returns to the operating room, the surgeon removes the catheter and inserts the nephroscope. Optic fibers in the device provide a clear view of the quarry. The doctor then eases a tiny, basket-like grabbing device through the nephroscope and manipulates it to grasp and remove the stone...
Harvard used its superior speed to gather back-door buckets and driving lay-ins, while Trout took command under the basket. The 6-ft., 9-in. junior netted Harvard's last seven first-half points, as the Crimson claimed at 33-22 margin at the intermission...
Under man-to-man pressure, the Holy Cross team seemed unfazed, scoring a number of points from its textbook fast break Guards Karen Grutch field and Cheryl Aaron worked along a carelessly guarded baseline, often driving in for an easy basket or simply pulling up from the outside to score. The entire Crusader lineup contributed equally to the attack--the five starters had 10 points apiece at halftime...