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...resolve the problem with the Bank Markazi, we decided to amend the agreement by deleting the objectionable language and to permit deposit records to be verified later. Drafting this change consumed several precious hours...
Gold and silver prices often go up as interest rates go down. Reason: low interest rates make it more attractive to hold precious metals because money-market accounts and other such instruments are offering lower yields. Last week the metals continued to follow that pattern. The price of gold went up $31 an oz. to $433 while silver rose...
Making a shambles of the Stork Club or hanging over the side of a building from a fire hose, O'Toole chews up the scenery with the gusto and relish that only British actors seem to possess. Of course, precious few crumbs are left for the rest of the cast to nibble on. They manage as best they can, but they simply don't triumph over the material. It's hard to pass judgement on Mark Linn-Baker; the timorous quality of his nice-Jewish-boy persona seems to have been written into the script, and there's little that...
Democratic Challenger Mark White, 42, the state attorney general, responds that Clements' connections have done Texas precious little good. There are more than 500,000 Texans out of work, and White is determined to pin the blame on Clements and the Republican economic policies that the Governor supports. Billing himself as both a law-and-order candidate and a consumer advocate, he charges that Clements is insensitive to the needs of the workingman...
...must take immediate action. Precious University resources are flowing from the endowment coffers for pom-poms and megaphones; pleated mini-skirts for the gals, and snug-your-bum slacks for the guys. Underprivileged students, meanwhile, yearn for larger scholarships; scientists of every stripe cut throats for research funds; and the window men at Lowell House have vowed not to remove their scaffolding until someone starts paying the bills down there. Can we afford cheerleaders in times of fiscal austerity...