Word: loan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...firing of White House travel-office employees. Subpoenaed billing records from the Rose Law Firm, long described as missing, were suddenly found in the family quarters of the White House. They revealed that the First Lady was far more involved in work for a failed Arkansas savings and loan than she had admitted...
...Whitewater trial of Governor Jim Guy Tucker and two former business associates of President Clinton began Monday with the defense complaining of racial bias and the prosecution accusing the trio of plotting "perfect crimes." Tucker, James McDougal and Susan McDougal are charged with arranging almost $3 million in loans and lying about how they were going to use the money. The trial opened with Tucker's attorneys claiming prosecutors had removed one woman because of her race. Federal Judge George Howard Jr. agreed and reinstated the woman, making the jury nine whites and three blacks. After the jury was seated...
Last week brought another indirect sign of U.S. sympathies in the election. The International Monetary Fund gave initial approval to a $10.2 billion loan to Russia, benefiting Yeltsin at a time when his government is strapped. The decision had the strong backing of the U.S., which wields powerful influence at the imf. In April Clinton will give Yeltsin another boost by holding a meeting with him when members of the G-7 economic conference pay a visit to Moscow. That event, and the other moves with respect to the Russian election that the Administration will make between now and June...
...only to give seniors a chance for acceptance at first-rate liberal arts institutions, but to enable them to do well enough in their first year and after to have a fair shot at merit-based financial aid (the higher the grade average, the more scholarship and the less loan and part-time-job requirement). Since early 1960s undergraduates had begun to think of spending a term or so abroad, public schools focused on more than learning to read a foreign language. They emphasized ALM, audio-lingual method...
...drugs that the U.S. has labeled as not cooperating with the federal drug enforcers. U.S. officials said the decision will affect $50 million in U.S. government investment guarantees in Colombia and another $550 million in prospective guarantees. It also means the U.S. will vote against $1.3 billion in Colombian loan requests to the World Bank. About $30 million in anti-narcotics and humanitarian aid will not be affected. Some members of the administration had argued against the sanctions and said they would weaken an already shaky Colombian economy. But charges that Colombian President Ernesto Samper's government has been influenced...