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...Prime Minister's attempt to invest his disgrace with honor was overshadowed only a few hours later by the news -- long anticipated by many Japanese -- that one of the key players had committed suicide. Aoki, 58, Takeshita's closest political aide for 30 years, slashed his wrist, neck and foot with a razor blade, then hanged himself with a necktie. As the man who had handled Takeshita's political finances, some newspaper commentators speculated, Aoki may have taken his life to shield the Prime Minister from possible criminal prosecution. But Aoki may simply have been following a long- standing Japanese...
...some other universities have chosen todivest completely from companies which haveholdings in South Africa. Columbia University, forinstance, "does not invest in any companies whichhave facilities in South Africa," says Roberta M.Weil, the school's vice president for investments...
THIS Ivory-Tower paradox disturbs me enormously. How can I advise readers, say, not to take advantage of Eastern's money-saving fares just because "it would be wrong," when I can overcome ethical qualms in an exactly analogous situation. How can I justify condemning those who invest in South Africa for profiting from institutionalized racism when I am earning money through an ethically questionable business...
...most moderate guise, supply-side theory says that greasing the palms of the rich and swelling the coffers of corporations induces them to invest that money for productive purposes. More radical supply-siders say that cutting marginal tax rates in the top brackets spurs productivity so much that total tax revenues increase...
...basic apsects of a healthy lifestyle have been drawn into a parasitical relationship with modern, quick-fix culture. Notions of good health are governed by a misdirected philosophy of immediate gratification and a hell-bent emphasis on current notions of good looks, while advertisers and the growing health industry invest millions in glamour and gloss to see that we never forget our waist lines...