Word: depositing
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...latest challenge to Volcker stemmed from a debate over who should rule U.S. banking. Authority over some 4,700 national banks is shared by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In addition, Volcker's board regulates about 1,000 state-chartered banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System, while the FDIC supervises nearly 8,800 state banks that do not belong...
...West German industries burn 3.5 million tons of coal a year, leading to heavy discharges of sulfur dioxide.) According to Professor Bernhard Ulrich, an expert on soil science at the University of Gottingen, acidic downpours can leach key nutrients, such as calcium and potassium, from the soil, or deposit toxic metals like aluminum. Acid rain might also prevent microorganisms in the soil from converting organic debris into fertilizer. Professor Peter Schiitt of the University of Munich believes that dry, airborne particles of metal are the culprits, along with acid rain. Says he: "What is shocking is that whole areas...
Hands up, class: Who remembers Scopitone? No one? Well, it's a tough question. Scopitone jukeboxes were European imports, vintage early to mid-'60s, which played, for a deposit of 25?, a faded, grainy color picture of, say, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini with some Neapolitan pop star mouthing the lyrics. It was difficult to determine in what language the lyrics were being mouthed; the sound track was often English, but the lip calisthenics were unmistakably Mediterranean...
Doherty is also aiding a local radio station by looking for Harvard volunteers to help with its. "Operation Santa Claus" project, a drive which has placed toy deposit boxes in about 32 downtown parking garages...
...other two large expenditures are deposits to two funds Healy said will clarify Cambridge's long-term financial situation. A year-old fund used to stabilize the city's debt service on municipal bond sales would receive a $950,000 deposit...