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...stock collapse has shaken Japan's giant banks, which raise vast amounts of capital on the market by issuing shares and pour money back in for investment purposes. As the value of their shares and portfolios plunged, the banks cut back their lending, contributing to the worldwide capital crunch. "The golden age of Japanese financial institutions is over," says Masaharu Usuki, a government economist...
...billions of dollars in U.S. weapons pour into Arab arsenals and Israel's role as a strategic ally appears diminished, many in Shamir's government are beginning to suspect that the new order emerging in the Middle East may not be entirely to their liking, even if Saddam is eliminated. Hard-liners are especially concerned that a triumphant U.S. may decide to compensate its Arab allies by pressuring Israel into peace talks with the Palestinians...
...alcohol is so much a part of our culture that we scarcely notice even the most blatant examples. Many non-smokers feel entitled to deliver a physiology lecture every time a friend lights up a smoke. Why no solemn words about the ill-effects of alcohol when those friends pour a drink? No one I know proudly displays cigarette butts in their room, but an empty Stoli bottle on the mantle is a symbol of adulthood. Few Marlboro posters grace the walls of Harvard dormitories, but who knows how many Harvard suites have a Budweiser poster or a neon beer...
Spurred by shame and ambition, Fahd tamed his playboy ways and became Minister of Education just as the oil money was beginning to pour in. Though his formal education had been confined to a few years at a kuttab (Koranic school), Fahd built schools by the hundreds and several universities. He later served as Interior Minister, and in 1975, when King Faisal was assassinated and succeeded by another brother, Khalid, Fahd became Crown Prince. Khalid, troubled by a weak heart, paid little attention to affairs of state; Fahd in effect ran the country for years before he succeeded...
Many Harvard students secretly fear that the nature of football compels its participants to pour their cafeteria spaghetti into our book bags and humiliate us in front of half of our senior class...