Word: granting
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...vision of a Greater Israel, Shamir has vowed never to relinquish an inch of Biblical Judea and Samaria. But he has always stopped short of going along with more extreme demands for annexation. Instead he now embraces the Camp David formula he rejected in 1978, which would grant the Palestinians a semblance of autonomy. That concession sounds to most Arabs like little more than the right to collect their own garbage...
...feeding frenzy is making some financial experts nervous about the growing degree of corporate debt. In a whimsical proposal for the biggest takeover of all, James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, has outlined a strategy for a $115 billion leveraged buyout of IBM. But could Big Blue meet payments on the $97 billion in new borrowing? No problem, said Grant. The computer giant could manage if it slashed R. and D. 80% and scrapped most of its new products. The real winners: bankers and lawyers, who would make a quick $4.9 billion in fees on the deal...
Thatcher made a modest offer to give Poles management training but snubbed the government's pleas for Western loans and relief on Poland's $36.4 billion foreign debt. The day when Polish officials grant real political freedoms, she said, "you will find your friends ready, not just to stand and cheer, but to help in practical ways...
Five freshmen fowards will try to give the Bruin offense a lift. Michael Brewer, Joe Verderber, Grant Swenson, Darrin McKay and Jeff Schmitz are all described by Gaudet as "good solid players...
Salsa has received a $550 grant from the Harvard Foundation and has an application for another grant pending with the Undergraduate Council. The magazine was approved Monday by the Committee on College Life...