Word: interest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Couldn?t the central bank lower interest rates to stimulate borrowing, ? la Greenspan? Not really. Japan?s interest rates are already less that 1 percent (as opposed to around 5 percent in the U.S., which is itself unusually low). And far from being in lending trim, Japanese banks are so shaky that people are trading their minuscule-yield savings accounts for mattresses and coffee cans...
...There was a time in my life when I spent 150 percent of my working hours in Washington, in the life in Washington, the politics, the arena," Gergen says. "In recent years I've had a growing interest in teaching...
According to organizers, West expressed an interest in participating earlier in the year but has not yet confirmed, Guinier has not yet replied, and Galbraith will not be able to attend due to illness...
...been a great four years. Thanks to everyone, and for those who owe me money, the interest rates only go up between now and the fifth reunion. Baratunde R. Thurston '99, a philosophy concentrator in Lowell House, was chair of online technology at The Crimson in 1998. He can be reached forever at baratunde@baratunde.com...
Second, if the procedure followed in these cases was in fact improper, and a conflict of interest did occur in the ad hoc committee, greater accountability could have prevented a wrong tenure decision. Establishing specific criteria for the selection of a candidate-and requiring that the ad hoc committee justify its recommendation in terms of these criteria--would go a long way to ensure consistency in tenure decisions across departments and to reduce the mystery for junior Faculty facing a tenure decision. Such criteria would also be subject to public debate, giving students the ability to affect a process...