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...arrival, Vesco began investing heavily in the Costa Rican economy, to the tune of at least $25 million. He poured funds into low-cost public housing, a water works and the country's nationalized banks. Initially, Vesco was welcomed in Costa Rica as another potentially helpful American benefactor. Then came accusations that his investment money was part of a $224 million hoard that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged him with "diverting" from Investors Overseas Services, the Geneva-based mutual-fund enterprise. Later came the unpleasant news that Vesco had been indicted, together with former Attorney General...
...already in the Museum quadrangle. "President Bok was very firm that the building had to upgrade the entire surrounding area. We are landscaping the entire quadrangle in conjunction with the construction," Williams said. The courtyard is being named in honor of the late Francis Boyer '16, a former Museum benefactor...
Promoter Kohls sees himself as a benefactor to all mankind. He says that he has raised houses of prostitution to a "socially more human level," and that his hostesses or, as he describes them, "Erostesses," offer their clients "sex mit Herz"- sex with a heart. He is tenderly considerate of his tenants: "I want to take crime out of prostitution by giving the girls a pleasant, hotel-like atmosphere," he asserts. In fact. Kohls is no pimp. Although "the girls" pay him $22 a day for room and board, he does not share in their earnings (fees aver age between...
...supports his careworn mother and stands up to a stepfather of "intemperate habits," not to mention an assortment of other bullies. Young Frank finally rescues a rich man's child from kidnapers, thus earning himself the gratitude of that good old deus ex machina known as the Benefactor, without whom no Alger novel is complete. But before everybody rolls over in another fit of giggles at the naive old 19th century, certain facts should be noted...
...path of knowledge, there will be a book about taming his ally and confronting La Catalina. It's difficult to imagine that Don Juan will not also reappear--at strategic moments, no doubt. Perhaps Don Genaro, who is even more awesome than Don Juan, will become Castaneda's benefactor. Perhaps Castaneda will become a man of knowledge, take on an apprentice himself (in an urban setting?), and someday we'll have The Teachings of Carlos Castaneda. Or maybe he'll just stay in Los Angeles...