Word: borrowings
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...borrow a phrase, if you are bored of Harvard Square, you are bored, if not of life, then of the world. Haitian “vodou” music at the House of Blues. Across the other side of the Yard, Salif Keita, the Malian musical master, was playing in Sanders Theatre. And you say there’s nothing to do at Harvard now because the final clubs are closed...
Crusading for this cause, the community members poster their lawns with righteously indignant signs. One poster in particular captures Harvard’s essence as the behemoth next door: “You can’t borrow a cup of sugar from Harvard...
Fifteen Minutes: Hi, I’m making some cookies upstairs, and I was wondering if I could borrow a cup of sugar from you guys...
...Japanese loan. Trintomar agreed in principle and began talks with Citibank to finalize the terms. But then the bank changed the game. In addition to the loan they had been talking about, Citibank wanted to finance a second loan of $96.5 million. It was analogous to someone going to borrow money for a car, and as a condition of the deal, the lender insisted that he borrow more than twice what he needed--and pay fees and interest on the whole thing...
...Investors' concerns about the candidate's economic maturity and ability to rein in Brazil's tendency to over-borrow and overspend appear to ignore the fact that the country's erratic economic performance over the last few years has occurred on the watch of certified free-marketeers. Ideological suspicion rather than the hard reality of policies appears to be guiding decision-making in the world's financial centers in the weeks prior to the vote. Lula's supporters point to his party's successes in turning the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, which it has ruled...