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The crime allegedly took place in 1985 and 1986, when Rapanelli, who has denied any wrongdoing, managed Gramoven, a Venezuelan affiliate of the Argentine agribusiness giant Bunge y Born. The judge charged that Gramoven had overbilled Caracas for grain. Venezuela is unlikely to prosecute the minister, however, because the two...
The schools cannot keep up with demand. Since the American Nanny Plan opened in Claremont, Calif., in 1983, some 2,000 families have written to ask about hiring one of its 36 graduates. Desperate couples have even been known to underwrite a trainee's tuition to ensure her services after...
The biggest problem for the schools: finding qualified students in an age when women's liberation has put child care behind the "Gingham Curtain." Minimum admission requirements at most centers are a high school diploma, psychological tests and a criminal record check. Tuitions range from $900 to $2,000, prohibitive...
Instilling confidence is a prime objective. Psychologist Beverly Benjamin, founder of Nanny Plan, teaches students to deal with everything from a pass by a husband to a mother's jealousy of a nanny's close relationship with her child. Bunge tells students, "You are a resource person like an accountant...
The figure of the nanny looms large in history. "My nurse was my confidante," wrote a wistful Winston Churchill of his beloved Mrs. Everest. American aristocrats such as Franklin Roosevelt also had treasured nannies, but will the new nanny to the upper middle class have a similar impact? That will...