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...banks have not declared these countries to be in default because the lenders hope that payments will eventually resume. "A default becomes a real mess," says one New York banker. Since the debts of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru are relatively small and spread out among many lenders, the banks' losses on these loans have been easily offset by healthy profits in other lines of business. Bank earnings will suffer, however, if either Brazil or Argentina falls more than a few months behind in its payments...
...Bitburg fiasco is a mess, but even messes have a logic. This incident is a compound of some of the worst tendencies of the Reagan presidency: a weakness for theater, a neglect of history and a narrowly conceived politics...
There you have a capsule description of Becker, the tangle-footed teenager whose room is often a mess, who forgets to carry money in his pocket and who boogies through life to rock tunes pumped directly brain ward by his stereo headset. His was a Wimbledon of tie breakers, comebacks and an injured ankle, all blithely handled. In the finals, it was Kevin Curren, a decade Becker's senior, who was a bundle of nerves as his percentage of successful first serves (47%) proved. He also seemed befuddled by an opponent who could go all out for everything because...
...first two weeks," says Rajesh Rao, the CEO of Dhruva Interactive, a Bangalore-based electronic-game development company. Businessmen like Rao worry that the Chinese are planning for the next 10 years in Shanghai, whereas Bangalore?whose roads are filled with potholes, and whose traffic is a mess?is barely planning for the here...
...mess of coming-of-age jealousy and temptation, the outside world comes flooding into the previously peaceful and idyllic home of Jack and Rose. Characters and relationships become more and more dysfunctional, drifting away from the practical, normal, and pretty initial state of affairs. On the way, Rose discovers her sexuality as well as how teenagers from the outside world act and think...