Word: fraga
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...marvelous example of this process at work is the so-called Fraga portrait of Philip IV, named for the town where it was painted, in a temporary studio, when the King was leading his armies against the rebellious Catalans in 1640. Velazquez finished it on the march, as it were; though known at court as a pintor flematico, a phlegmatic painter, he whipped it off in a few days. The head of the King, with its long and beautifully blended brushstrokes, looks very considered; less so his magnificent red outfit, which is pure Impressionism 200 years early--the broken touches...
Will investors be reassured by one of their own? Brazil put a former George Soros aide in charge of its central bank, hoping that Arminio Fraga Neto's track record might restore investor confidence. The real strengthened on the news, but it may take more than appointing a former Soros investment director to turn the country around. "To regain the confidence of foreign investors and the IMF, Fraga will have to convince them that Brazil can close its budget gap and restore its financial health," says TIME senior business reporter Bernard Baumohl. "There may be a momentary rebound...
...Many of the changes demanded by foreign investors are beyond Fraga's domain. "Brazil's economic health depends on the central government's convincing state governors to cut spending and increase taxes," says Baumohl. "That's a political battle over which the central bank has no control." Still, anything that suggests speculative compassion from Soros -- however wishfully -- certainly can't hurt a vulnerable currency...
...B.C.C.I. 48 hours / to pack up and leave the country. Authorities were particularly worried by the appearance of links between President Carlos Saul Menem and Saudi billionaire Ghaith Pharaon, a B.C.C.I. front man who is building a Hyatt Hotel in Buenos Aires and is a friend of Javier Gonzalez Fraga, the former president of Argentina's central bank. "We already know that the next scandal is going to tie President Menem with Ghaith Pharaon," an official said...
...Masland (HARVARD) d. Dave Poeppel (MIT), 15-5, 15-4, 15-6; 6. Raja Mahidhara (HARVARD) d. Tope Laivani (MIT), 15-14, 15-10 15-7; 7. Sam Halpert (HARVARD) d. Eric Nudelman (MIT), 11-15, 15-5, 15-3, 15-2; 8. Steve Fraga (HARVARD) d. Rajeer Tewari (MIT), 15-12, 15-8, 15-7; 9. Doff McElhinney (HARVARD) d. Leroi Leeuw...