Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...banking problems involved in the Lance affair. Among them: insider lending practices, correspondent relationships between banks, the buying of bank stock on credit and the general effectiveness of the comptroller's office in regulating banks. Though Lance's conduct will not be at issue, the hearings will focus on the practices he engaged in as a banker. Yet another congressional investigation-by Senator William Proxmire's Banking Committee-is scheduled to get under way by the end of the month. Proxmire was the only Senator to vote against Lance during the confirmation hearings, on the ground that...
While the Lusaka conference was going on, Smith flew to Pretoria for talks with Vorster. The two leaders are likely to focus their objections to the U.S.-British proposal on two aspects: first, the plan would require Smith's resignation, and second, it would mean disbanding some units of the Rhodesian army, including the notorious Selous Scouts, and allowing a U.N. peace-keeping force to come in. Young, for his part, professes optimism that Smith will realize that "Rhodesian whites cannot win" and thus take the peace proposal seriously. At the same time, Young says he discerns among black...
...sure, the biweekly New West has racked up an impressive 315,038 circulation and an average of 52 ad pages per issue since its inception. Yet the new magazine so far lacks the style and focus of its competitor, and seems to have leveled out in readership and advertising gains. New West's subscription-renewal rate is running at a disappointing 40%, v. L.A. 's robust 76%; the latter also has a healthy newsstand circulation at $1.50, 50% more than New West's at $1. As a further measure of L.A. 's success, the magazine...
...more parochially, for the Nine representing the Union Gas Co. Now, assisted by favorable tax laws and network money from NBC, the major leagues have carved the country into 26 franchises. No one can follow the casts of 26 separate teams, scattered from Seattle to Atlanta, but the networks focus on the teams that win. Everywhere, town baseball is dead...
...island permanently. Today it is part of Greece, but that, too, may change. Rhodes is situated on the Turkish coast, and in the event of war between Turkey and Greece, unfortunately a likely possibility, it will be a prime target for the Turks along with Cyprus, the real focus of the dispute...