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From Buenos Aires to United Nations headquarters in New York City, the political heat soared amid a new wave of revelations and signs of impending prosecutions of B.C.C.I. Yet, from London to Bangladesh, the bank's depositors, who may have been bilked of $10 billion in deposits, protested B.C.C.I.'s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corruption: Feeling the Heat | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Unlike earthquakes, which often happen without warning, impending volcanic eruptions generally signal their arrival. Before a blowup, instruments can detect a series of tremors in the mountain, which indicate that molten rock, called magma, is coming up from deep inside the earth. The magma rises gradually, opening fissures that serve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Them Blow | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Bok, who was greeted with a standing ovation, said that he has just begun to come to grips with his impending retirement.

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Bok Welcomes Class of 1966 | 6/4/1991 | See Source »

Shows what Bob knows. When he arrives, uninvited and distinctly unwanted, at the psychiatrist's summer retreat, he finds a family just this side of dysfunctional. For Leo is totally self-absorbed. He is too full of himself, his hopes that his new book will hit the best-seller charts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mean Season | 5/27/1991 | See Source »

But as Vice President for Finance Robert R. Scott points out, for much of the University, Bok's impending departure has had little effect on day-to-day activity.

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: His Days Are Numbered | 5/3/1991 | See Source »

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