Word: lending
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hollywood story, and in fact, Strange Snow was recently made into a film called Jacknife, starring Robert DeNiro. I did not see this film, so I cannot make any comparative assessments. But it seems as if Metcalfe's script might work better on the screen, which could lend a larger-than-life aura to this simplistic and somewhat thin story. Despite the generally good acting in the Leverett House production, descriptions of the war and the pain of remembering it might seem more convincing coming from Robert DeNiro rather than a Harvard undergraduate...
...college campuses," said Reggie Williams, one of six "Athletes Who Care" honored by Sports Illustrated as its 1987 Sportsmen of the Year. "People watch you not only when performing but in the real world. It's an opportunity to be empathetic toward other people--an ablility to really lend a hand--which comes with the responsibility to help those that really need...
Yale also promised to lend $7.5 million if the city could raise $22.5 million from other sources, the New York Times reported...
...refusal to fix up old properties or provide loans for potential buyers. With enough troubles of their own, many banks and thrifts refuse to grant mortgages on such tainted properties. "If the RTC won't pay for a new roof and fresh coat of paint, and no one will lend on it, how am I going to sell it?" asks Dallas real estate agent Jenny Capritta...
...then there was . . . But the catalog is endless. Events of the past week can only lend credence to playwright Henrik Ibsen's observance, "Those heroes of finance are like beads on a string -- when one slips off, the rest follow." Is there any possibility of knotting that string? Or is scandal as much a part of the market as the NASDAQ? Can the greedy be saved from themselves? Or does Midas play as big a role as Oedipus in the human psyche...