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...muted grays and browns. There is a swimming pool, a sauna, a movie theater, a two-deck dining room and a grand salon. Originally the Queen was intended to be a much closer copy of her predecessors but, as one river regular explained, "steel and asbestos don't lend themselves to curlicues and steamboat gothic...
Turning that vision into reality proved a long and arduous task. The cost of buying the buildings and refurbishing them would come to $30 million; banks refused to lend that much unless the project could come up with some major tenants. In 1972 Shopping Center Developer James Rouse, convinced that a lively, unique urban market contained a high potential for profit, joined the cause. His commitment opened the taps of private and public money...
...black demands for justice and equality. In Washington, Kissinger expressed his regrets at the outbreak of violence, and said that he would explicitly spell out American opposition to apartheid at his meetings with the South African leader. "I'm not meeting with Vorster to make concessions or to lend approval of the system of government. I'm meeting to see if South Africa is willing to contribute to a moderate and peaceful evolution of events in southern Africa. The question I want to explore is whether South Africa is prepared to separate its own future from Rhodesia...
...latter's criticism goes in pushing the Faculty to a stepping up of its minority hiring pace. According to this theory, Bok cannot formally intervene in the dispute between one of his administrators and the Faculty. But the continued presence of Leonard, and the persistence of his attacks, lend support to this argument...
Burnham has tried to evoke some conspiratorial themes of his own. Guyana, says the government, is being subjected to rumors "designed to shake the confidence of the country" and to economic pressure-meaning a reluctance on the part of banks and international agencies to lend money. In fact, Guyana can show no such reluctance from the World Bank or the Inter-American Loan Fund. Guyana also claims there has been an increase in Brazilian troop strength on the southern border; Hillenbrand found no signs of tension...