Word: lende
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, interest payments aren't handouts; they're the reward for lending money. Lenders to the Government could just as easily lend elsewhere. But most economists agree that the U.S. Government's huge demands for credit have raised interest rates generally. More and more of those interest payments go to foreigners, now that the U.S. is a net debtor to the rest of the world. But most interest payments are still to Americans. The national debt is around $10,000 a person, or $40,000 for a family of four. If your bond portfolio is bigger than that...
...meantime, minority activists should not allow the minority hiring crusade to divert them from other pressing issues--issues which do lend themselves to student pressure on the administration and which are susceptible to quick solutions. Specifically, student activists should demand that Harvard immediately eliminate its explicit policy of giving preference in admissions to children of alumni, or "legacies." Legacy status improves an applicant's chances of getting into Harvard by almost three times...
...other painting by Aesopos, "Vehicular Space," shares with the multimedia work a successful sense of perspective and progression. In this provocative black-and-white representation of New York, the shading and bold strokes lend the work depth and movement...
...agree with you that accountability is necessary to lend credence to this electoral procedure. But I disagree with your contention that accountability will dissolve the massive apathy students demonstrate toward the Coop's internal affairs. Early in my term, I made two efforts to offer accountability: I offered to provide information on Coop affairs to the Undergraduate Council and I instigated an open forum for the specific purpose of providing board access to students and other Coop members. Both endeavors failed. The UC was uninterested, and hardly anyone came to the forum. In addition, I have had my telephone number...
...find a stock you're certain is overpriced -- like the Germany Fund not long ago, selling for twice the value of its assets -- often you won't be able to short it after all, because your broker can't find anyone to lend the shares. Or if he can, you get caught in a "short squeeze," in which the stock gets bid up to even more absurd levels by short sellers forced to buy back and return borrowed shares...