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France loves a good summer scandal, and this year it has an intriguing one. When conservative Minister for Cooperation and Development Michel Aurillac came into office, he discovered some irregularities left behind by Christian Nucci, his Socialist predecessor and creator of Carrefour du Developpement, an organization designed to publicize Third World concerns. The state auditor has been unable to account for $1.4 million in the Carrefour budget. In addition, more than $6 million was spent by Nucci's agency on a two-day conference in Burundi...
Under Conable's predecessor, A.W. Clausen, policy lending had started to become a substantial part of World Bank activity. In the past year Clausen, a former BankAmerica chairman, oversaw a 47% increase in the bank's lending to the ten most highly indebted countries in the world. By contrast, overall World Bank loans for the same period rose by only 16%. In Latin America, policy loans accounted for about 40% of the $4.8 billion that the World Bank dispensed in the twelve months ending in June. Says David Knox, the World Bank's vice president for Latin America...
Harish was named to his post only three weeks ago, when his predecessor, Yitzhak Zamir, was abruptly removed from office after demanding a police investigation into the Shin Bet affair. The two Palestinians were captured by Israeli forces after hijacking a bus in 1984. They were photographed being led away from the bus but were later severely beaten and died under circumstances that have yet to be explained...
Rehnquist's easy manner and informality stand in stark contrast to his predecessor as Chief Justice. Burger could be courtly, but mainly he was pompous and aloof. There is little doubt which Justice is more popular with his brethren...
Unlike its predecessor the StudentAssembly--which was penniless and not recognizedby the University--the Undergraduate Council has abudget of roughly $64,000 a year. Eachundergraduate yearly pays the council $10 on histerm bill. One-third of this money goes toward thecouncil's operations budget, and the councildisperses two-thirds of it in grants toundergraduate organizations...