Word: lents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then a break. Shalnev asked for the President's autograph. He lent Reagan his pen. The other four lined up for the same, and Reagan scratched out his signature with a wry smile...
Mercantile's troubles follow the failure of two institutions in the oil- rich western province of Alberta: Calgary-based Northland Bank and Edmonton- based Canadian Commercial Bank. Incorporated in the 1970s, the two banks lent millions of dollars to oil and real estate businesses. Then in the early 1980s many of the banks' loans turned sour. Together the two banks controlled only about 1% of all Canadian bank assets, so the fallout from their failures was limited. But investors are anxious about the safety of smaller banks...
Harvard's Fogg Museum lent one of its most important Renoirs, "Seated Bather," to the exhibit. According to Carrie Jones, the Fogg's assistant director for curatorial affairs, the Museum was reluctant to lend such an important piece during their own remodeling. But, she added, "it was very important for them to have a large late period Renoir...
...office also lent some historical drawings of Cambridge and the yearbook mugshot of John F. Kennedy...
Other lenders may not prove as flexible. Mexico, which ranks second only to Brazil in the developing world as a debtor, is saddled with a $96 billion foreign debt, of which $77.7 billion was lent by a consortium of 300 international banks. Last month most of those banks agreed to extend through the end of the century Mexico's repayments on $48.7 billion of the total amount due. About 30 banks, however, have yet to sign the accord, and there are concerns among bankers that the impact of the great quake may lead them to withhold their signatures even longer...