Word: lending
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Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is a sinister sort of comedy. Antonio, a wealthy merchant whose monies are invested in risky ventures overseas, lends out the sum of 3,000 ducats so that his friend Bassanio can court the rich heiress Portia. To get the cash, Antonio must borrow it from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. Shylock agrees to lend him the sum for three months but demands as his bond a pound of Antonio's flesh. A contract is drawn up, signed and sealed, and misery descends on both parties. The mutual hatred bound up in a loan under...
...just struck me that if the students are taking up what seems like reasonable goals the faculty can lend their voice," Mehta said...
...Italian restaurants. Aside from its pleasant atmosphere and consistently excellent food, Trattoria Pulcinella boasts the additional advantage of proximity. The restaurant's warm, rustic interior is cozy on slower nights but can become cramped as the oilcloth-topped tables are filled with people. Ochre colored sponge-painted walls lend warmth to the room, and empty Chianti bottles swing demurely from the wooden-Vegas ceiling. The highly romantic effect is heightened by a solid wine list. Appetizer specials include mixed greens topped with diced truffles and juicy slices of grilled portabella mushrooms, as well as a flavor-charged concoction of roasted...
Corporate Korea may also be getting the message that it needs to change. The Housing & Commercial Bank, for example, was a clunky, state-run institution until two years ago and the only bank in Korea allowed to make mortgage loans to home buyers. Lending money used to be a relaxed affair. Loan officers decided what a property was worth after a quick look at the house and a chat with the owner or a local real estate agent. Assessments were so rough that the bank could count just 30% of the assessed home value as collateral, and could only lend...
...amenities that lend itself to a social center, like it connects to a triple below us with a ladder," says George W. Hicks '99, another seven man resident...