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...story is a fine analysis of the lending practices of Western bankers. I agree with your statement that the responsibility for this mess lies with the "gunslinging" young bank officers who get ahead by handing out money to foreign borrowers with little concern about repayment. The banks are at fault for this situation. They fail to train their personnel properly...
...killed, 777 wounded and an estimated $1.4 billion worth of ships and equipment lost in combat. In addition, nagging uncertainties about the war have remained. Was it preventable? Had Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher failed to anticipate the Argentine threat? Did the Foreign Office goof? Was the Intelligence Service at fault? Those questions, and others like them, have haunted British politics since the war and could have damaged Thatcher in the general election she is expected to call this year...
...same happy consensus does not exist on the political front. The Labor Party's left wing was quick to condemn the 106-page report, particularly in light of a recently published book, Battle for the Falklands, by two journalists who fault successive Cabinets, British intelligence and Thatcher. In a brief preview of this week's full debate on the report, cries of "Whitewash!" were heard when Prime Minister Thatcher read the Franks report's exculpation of her government. Said she: "We now have no option but Fortress Falklands." Former Labor Prime Minister James Callaghan charged that Thatcher...
...first time in known history an official of the government has admitted that problems on the reservation are the government's fault. It has been traditional that they have always blamed us, said Ron Andtade executive director of the National Congress of American Indians which represents 180 tribes with a combined membership...
...Much has been made of the perfectionism with which Streep attacked the demanding role of Sophie, breaking out of her previous understated image into rampant emotionalism, and perfecting the heavy Polish accent and halting speech that make the illusion complete. Likewise, it is difficult for even the queasiest to fault Pakula's respectful and sensitive handling of the Holocaust material...