Word: lend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nation and, in radio and newspaper ads, sing a soothing song: "Cheer up! No matter how much you owe or how many creditors you have-we will take over, arrange everything so that a single regular payment you can afford takes care of everything." Some imply that they will lend the debtor enough money to pay off his debts. But all the counselors do is collect money from the debtor, put him on a budget, try to get his creditors to agree to a repayment schedule, and use the debtor's money to pay off. For this service fees...
Lest the well laid plans go awry, the "evacuation" planners should lend greater scope and depth to their plans. For example, a few big booming drums should be on hand, not to mention a few extra sirens and bands. Jim Cronin should be invited to open an emergency Red Cross canteen for the "evacuation." Proctors might be given batons and shiny white boots so they could lead the parade and be spotted more easily. Although blood should be avoided, we are being prepared for the real thing...
Once C.V.C. is in business, it will become selfsupporting, but the initial investment in dams, power plants and transmission lines will require $187 million in all (including last month's governmental commitment). A favorable report by the World Bank mission was a hint that the bank would lend a reported $20 million to $27 million for imported equipment and machinery. As for the rest. Finance Minister Carlos Villaveces has promised that "the government will see this through, come what may." To help raise funds, the government recently doubled Cauca Valley land taxes, without a murmur of complaint from...
...condition of Egypt gave shareholders no guarantee that their investment would be protected. Said Black: "The Bank is a bank, not a handout business." While the World Bank hesitated, Nasser talked to the Russians, who are supplying him with arms from the Czech armament factories. The Russians offered to lend Egypt $300 million for 30 years at 2% interest, promised to complete the dam in six years instead of the 15 estimated by Western engineers. Nasser confided to U.S. officials that the prospect of having an army of Communist engineers in Egypt pleased him no more than it pleased...
...After 20 months of the terrible Murmansk run, Ulysses is brought to her death at the guns of a hit-and-run German cruiser. Many of those who volunteer to buy the book will wish it could be compulsory reading in Russia. It recalls a cost of Lend-Lease not in dollars or pounds but in unimaginable hardship...