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...Humbard, likes to exhort: "You'd better straighten out and fly right with God." Last year $52 million was on loan to parties-in-interest," meaning institutions or individuals who have business or fiduciary relations with the fund; 55 loans were classified as "uncollectible" and 26 were in outright default. A generous proportion of the loans was granted on especially favorable terms, with minimal payments for years and a big 'balloon" upon termination. On one $4.8 million loan to a fund asset manager, Alexander Butcher, repayment of $4.2 million is deferred until...
...with John Stuart Mill that the only limit on a man's pursuit of happiness should be that his actions must not hurt others. Most citizens do not care what gays do in private (arrests for consensual bedroom activities are exceedingly rare), but draw the line at voicing outright approval, fearing that somehow, some way, the acceptance of homosexuality would hurt society. Not being sure of the possible dangers, Americans prefer to be safe...
Instead, the underwhelming presence of Western correspondents in the Third World is in large part the fault of the developing nations themselves. Most of them are one-party states or outright dictatorships, with a tightly controlled domestic press, and little patience for Western notions of free inquiry. I.P.I. officials in Oslo reported last week that 31 governments, most of them developing countries, expelled, harassed or denied visas to foreign correspondents last year. Says Gerald Gold, deputy foreign editor of the New York Times: "They are complaining about the very guts of American journalism, which is to look at things with...
...first team to win back-to-back crowns since the NCAA held its first tournament in 1971. Back in the days when the champion was selected on the basis of regular season records, Navy won eight straight titles starting in 1960, sharing the crown twice, but winning five straight outright starting...
Summitry has been in bad odor of late, criticized as a worthless exercise at best, or an outright danger at worst. But in an era of increasing global interdependence, the ritual gathering of government leaders serves one unquestionably valuable purpose: it enables them to take one another's measure at first hand, to size up their fellow leaders' abilities and weaknesses...