Word: lend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long over the process, over the awkward thumps and collapsing objects? Belmondo appears in a marvelous Magritte poster-like costume--mustache, bowler hat and all--and we feel primed for a rakish romp. So why the dragging start? Perhaps the ensuing flashbacks into this life of crime will lend a clue...
Gould also mentioned doubts concerning the existence of Burt's two research assistants. He said that "as far as anyone can tell," the assistants were completely fictitious, fabricated by Burt to lend credence to his results...
...democratic state on the ruins of a defeated empire, Turks looked at America as the only Western country true to its ideals and respectful of human rights. A later political association between Turkey and America began with the Truman Doctrine in 1947, an imaginative and bold decision to lend support to Turkey and Greece during the bleak and uncertain period of the early postwar period. Turkey's membership in the NATO alliance in the ensuing years created a stronger link between the two countries...
Western bankers agree that Mobutu is not entirely to blame for the country's troubles. Some fault themselves for being too eager to lend to the unsophisticated nation in the expectation of high returns. Says one Western banker: "What was needed here earlier in the '70s was a guy in a green eyeshade saying 'Wait a minute.' Mobutu didn't know he was in trouble. Western institutions weren't telling him he was getting into trouble. Mobutu has learned a lesson, but the West has too-not to come into a country like...
...Coach Tom Sanders's quest for "team play," ball control is the essential element. Sophomore Bob Hooft and senior Marty Healy will try to lend their expertise in this area in their first years with the varsity...