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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...
...detonating force was economics. Each of these African countries overspent badly in the 1970s, suffered plunging commodity prices in the 1980s, and today finds itself flat broke. Desperate for hard currency, each has been forced into structural-readjustment programs, which entail strict and painful austerity measures, in order to obtain loans from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund...
Even so, IRCA supporters insist that the law has helped solve the problem. Since 1987, IRCA has allowed 3 million undocumented aliens to obtain legal status. During that time, the number of aliens captured annually fell by half, from a peak of 1.8 million in 1986. Although supporters applaud this as proof that would-be illegals are staying home, a more plausible explanation is that the legalization program helped to augment -- not reduce -- the illicit flow. Even more telling, the influx is rising once again. Since December, the INS' monthly apprehension figures are averaging 50% higher than the year before...