Word: borrowings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Culture Club whips up a smooth, seamless sound that proudly picks every pocket of pop for inspiration: reggae, soul, country and western, mainstream rock. The results are whimsical, joyous and occasionally mysterious detonations of apparently casual inspiration. Very cool, very catchy and, to borrow a favorite word of the lead singer's, never naf. "Naf' stands for out of it, rotten, done over and overdone-and not, clearly, for Culture Club, which seems, at this somewhat disjointed juncture on the hit parade, to define the very core of contemporary...
...stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, to keep the Government functioning. Although the 1984 fiscal year began Oct. 1, five of the 13 annual appropriations bills have been stalemated on Capitol Hill. Another important measure, which would raise the legal debt ceiling and allow the Treasury to borrow the money it needs, was still stalled in the Senate. And Congress, it seems, will not be able to whittle a thin dune from the 1983 deficit of $195 billion by the time it adjourns this weekend...
...enjoying a spurt because its currency is strong, its financial markets are awash with funds, and loans are therefore easy to get. Said Narongchai Akrasanee, an economic adviser to Thailand's Industrial Finance Corp.: "For the first time in history, banks have gone to customers, begging them to borrow...
...such presidential support seems misplaced. The weakness in Princeton's system centers on the student committee itself, a collection of three not so holy trinities, to borrow Brennan's metaphor. The committee consists of three current class presidents, three past class presidents, and three students selected from the student body at large. One need not dismiss young government enthusiasts entirely to question a class president's qualifications to make a decision that will affect a student's academic and professional future. A successful class campaign probably results more from candidate's popularity or familiarity with of students than it does...
...stranger would usually then explain that he had been mugged and needed a place to stay overnight and some cash to borrow. The next morning he would move...