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...fund-raising drive in 1987. In the past year the Tulsa televangelist has laid off 10% of his staff and folded his cherished City of Faith hospital and medical school. In search of a more promising venture, Roberts decided to take a bold gamble and offer $6.5 million to obtain PTL's cable-TV operation, now known as the Inspirational Network...
...feel confident about this class that's graduating," Romano states matter-of-factly. "I feel confident that a lot of them will obtain positions of power and influence, but I don't feel that they're going to do a lot of good." The judgment sounds harsh, but it is a familar one and not without common affirmation...
Other types of contractors have been hammered hard. The construction firm Arthur Rubloff Real Estate and Capital Inc. recently abandoned plans to build a $1 billion commercial and industrial park in suburban Chicago because the company could not obtain a loan. Even developers in Southern California have been feeling the pinch. "Unless you have a couple of lead tenants signed up," says Jack Kyser, chief economist of the Los Angeles area Chamber of Commerce, "lenders don't want to talk...
Many states have passed medical disclosure laws, which make it easier to obtain accurateinformation about a child. Agencies themselves are attempting to gather more data. The Golden Cradle adoption agency, in Cherry Hill, N.J., requires natural mothers to fill out ten-page medical histories that ask about everything from hay fever and heavy drinking to Down's syndrome and blood transfusions. Genetic counselors are often called in as consultants. "We believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," says agency supervisor Mary Anne Giello...
Since Harvard's decision last fall to trademark its name, more than 80 manufacturers have agreed to pay Harvard 7.5 percent of net sales of insignia products and to obtain the approval of the University before marketing new items...