Word: milwaukeee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This foreign debt is owed primarily to nine major institutions: BankAmerica in San Francisco, First Chicago and Continental Illinois in Chicago, and Citicorp, Chemical, Chase Manhattan, Manufacturers Hanover, Morgan Guaranty and Bankers Trust in New York City. Together they have $54 billion on loan to Latin America and the Caribbean...
The 136-page draft, which was kept secret until after the presidential election so that it would not become a campaign issue, goes beyond simply noting the presence of the hungry at the feast of American affluence. The letter calls for an aggressive, Government-led attack on economic problems. Said...
Among businessmen, the bishops' letter evoked mixed responses. "I came away with a feeling that these are well-meaning people who really don't understand our capitalistic system," said Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. (ret.), chairman of Milwaukee-based American Medical Buildings. But Roger Altman, managing director of Shearson...
In 1977 Weakland was appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee. Instead of holding a traditional welcoming banquet for parish priests and wealthy Roman Catholic laymen, Weakland had a dinner for the city's poor. He also sold his predecessor's mansion and moved into a modest apartment in the cathedral...
In Milwaukee, Weakland has protested police brutality against blacks, endorsed church sanctuary for refugees from Central America, and advocated equal rights for homosexuals. He not only gave nuns and laywomen key staff positions but also at one time mused openly about the theoretical possibility of women priests; that may be...