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...Mass.), a member of the Senate ad hoc monitoring group on Southern Africa, is a sponsor of the organization and has worked closely with Carstens in the past. At Carsten's suggestion, Tsongas and other members of Congress "adopted" political prisoners in South Africa to whom they corresponded and lent moral support...
...studied Coolidge ever since. Last week Garvey published the story of how Coolidge, while living in the New Willard Hotel waiting for Mrs. Harding to leave the White House, woke up and found a cat burglar rifling his clothes. Coolidge talked the young man out of the crime, lent him $32 for a meal and transportation home, and sneaked him out the window so the Secret Service would...
...major private lender to developing countries is Citicorp, which has lent $4.4 billion to Brazil alone. In all, the nine biggest American banks have provided some $70 billion to the most heavily indebted countries, including more than $42 billion to those in Latin America...
...changes reflected the strength of opponents who attacked the increase as a bailout for major Western banks that have lent some $300 billion to developing countries. Declared Howard Ruff, founder of Free the Eagle, a 60,000-member group that spent more than $600,000 to fight the measure: "Every penny of the IMF money will flow right back to the banks, and they shouldn't be rewarded for getting us into this mess." Nader took a similar tack. Said he of the IMF'S activities: "The net effect is to allow large banks to pass off loan...
Moreover, Harvard does not treat such projects lightly. They went out and hired one of the most prestigious--and expensive--architects in the area. Graham Gund, whose father lent his name to Harvard's design school building. They also decided to install a phone and heating...