Word: percents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Onoar cited a Bahrain government report that predicted that by 1992, 90 percent of the oil in the world will be produced by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). At the same time, the United States will be importing 60 percent of the oil it uses, he says...
Declaring that "goodwill isn't worth doodly-doo," Metzenbaum insisted that S&Ls have at least 1.5 percent in "tangible capital"--cash, stocks and property that could easily be converted to cash and could be seized, in the event of a failure, before turning to government deposit insurance funds...
Metzenbaum had sought 3 percent tangible capital but in the end had to accept 1.5 percent. Regulators will have the authority to restrict the growth of institutions falling below that level...
...House Banking subcommittee on financial institutions passed a similar 1.5 percent standard last week and Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Texas), chair of the full committee, says he will try to increase that when his panel begins redrafting the legislation next Wednesday...
PROSECUTOR John Keker recently accused North of destroying classified government documents and telling "100 percent, old fashioned, all-American lies." For example, North allegedly fabricated a story about a box of cash in his bedroom to cover for his skimming money from illicit Contra...