Word: lende
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little progress has been made toward putting into effect the so- called Baker Initiative, a plan proposed by the Treasury Secretary last October that called for $29 billion in new loans from commercial banks and international lending agencies like the World Bank. Debtor governments have described the plan as well intentioned but too small in scale to do the job. U.S. bankers, for their part, fear that any more dollars they lend will simply go down the same chute as their earlier loans. In any event, the Baker plan's long-term therapy is of scant use to Mexico, which...
Their deaths are tragic, but no more so than the death of any human being, a soldier killed in a war or a civilian killed by a drunk driver. Nancy Reagan agreed to serve as honorary chairman "to lend legitimacy to the fund." What she and others do not understand is that no celebrity's name or endorsement can ever lend legitimacy to a program that devalues human lives by placing them in an artificial hierarchy...
...reports we're getting is that there was no tampering afterwards. So this would lend support to the theory that somewhere during the manufacturing process is when the cyanide was put into the capsule...in the plant," said Westchester County District Attorney Carl Vergari...
...industrialized world made pilgrimages to the doors of the oil-rich, looking to buy petroleum and to sell everything from weapons to steel mills. In the Middle East, the cascade of petrodollars brought about novel configurations of regional power, with Saudi Arabia taking a leading role. Bankers rushed to lend billions of dollars to such oil producers as Mexico and Nigeria, which were embarked on crash development programs. Always there was the worry that the industrialized world would be brought to its knees by a cutoff of the precious and ever more expensive petroleum supply...
...routinely shun the input of those who will be affected by its decisions? Often, Harvard is simply afraid of hearing their suggestions. It's easier to rule from above than to listen to the wishes of those below. One of the few times when Harvard does stoop down and lend its ear to the underlings is when it chooses new house masters. The Dean of the College meets with house residents, and students participate on the master selection committee. Such an outrageously progressive decision-making process should serve as a model for major appointment decisions, and other choices that affect...