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...bank say that from the beginning, Abedi offered well-connected Arabs free stock in the bank by lending them the money to buy the shares without requiring repayment. Says an associate who has known Abedi since he created B.C.C.I.: "Abedi's genius was that he took the Middle Eastern custom of using front men to disguise his real interests and control and applied it globally...
...only are such multipurpose centers more humane than warehousing people in welfare hotels, but they can also cost about half as much. Each city, even each neighborhood, can custom-design its programs. Areas with a desperate AIDS problem can focus on providing outpatient care. For single adults, SROs with on-site services may be a permanent answer. For homeless families, transitional housing can cushion their re-entry into the private market...
...N.F.L. last month after he denied a female reporter access to the team's locker room. A problem has emerged, however: the one-size-fits-all wrap isn't big enough for five members of the Green Bay Packers in the 300-lb. range. McArthur plans to custom-make some wraps for them with a bit more room...
Doctors throughout Africa recognize the harmful effects of female circumcision but feel powerless to stop a practice so entrenched in custom and tradition. Many organizations are campaigning against it, and the new African Charter on the Rights of Children includes items condemning circumcision. Governments in Sudan and elsewhere have passed laws against it, but they are seldom enforced...
...murder is cited as one of 110 such dowry deaths in Delhi last year, an alarming increase from the 17 reported in 1980. In recent years the ancient Hindu system of dowries and arranged marriages has taken on a gruesome commercial aspect. By custom, a bride's family is obliged to give cash and gifts to the groom in accord with his social standing. A lowly clerk, for instance, might command $5,000, but a physician or engineer $50,000. Fearful of the disgrace attached to unmarried women, a bride's family will often go beyond its means to secure...