Word: credited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first of the many uprootings she faced in her life, as the Joyces moved from Trieste to Rome to Zurich to Paris, facing eviction everywhere they stayed in their early lives together. Money was a continual problem. Although they did not have much money, they used up whatever credit they had and were continually forced to borrow money from Joyce's brother Stanislaus and other friends...
...meant hiring graduates of Oxford and Cambridge. Last year Nomura signed on more Oxbridge graduates than the Foreign Office. London has been the base for Nomura's enormously successful foray into the Eurobond business. In 1987 Nomura snared the leading share of the market: 13.2%, vs. 7.7% for Credit Suisse First Boston. Nomura won that battle with the same strategy that Japanese manufacturers employed to conquer world markets: innovative products and aggressive pricing. Among Nomura's most popular offerings are Eurobonds sold with so-called equity warrants, which give the purchaser the right to buy shares in the company that...
...bicycle vacations is soaring. Vermont Country Cyclers, founded in 1980, has been growing between 30% and 40% a year. Travelers can ride for a day or a week, with a van driving along behind to carry luggage and give a lift to the lagging. "Someone once described it as credit-card camping," says Feldman, who is planning a trip this month with a rival outfit, Vermont Bicycle Touring. "You get to go out and see everything, then eat the gourmet food...
...CREDIT: TIME Chart by Cynthia Davis...
Give Ferdinand Marcos credit for trying. The deposed President of the Philippines has attempted everything from flattery to pleas for sympathy to plotting a coup d'etat. But Marcos' successor, Corazon Aquino, has blocked all his maneuvers to return home. So Marcos, 70, is trying a new tactic. According to intermediaries, he has offered to turn over $5 billion, enough to pay nearly 20% of the country's foreign debt, if Aquino will change her mind. Although she reportedly rejected the proposed deal, Aquino at one point challenged Marcos: "Send the $5 billion, and then we will talk...