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...longer term interests of the participants has emerged in the wake of that success. Many groups have a concept of what the post-Marcos Philippines should be, and each represents an important force resisting rapid change...
Waite would not say where he saw Jacobsen, but said, "We hope very much with the help of some friends here we can secure the release of other hostages. Our main hope now is to secure the rapid release of U.S. and other hostages...
These problems are not new nor confined to Cambridge. Rapid gentrification threatens affordable housing and Cambridge's historic diverse population. As the economy changes, displaced workers cannot easily find new jobs in the high tech world. The public schools must lower the drop out rate and prepare a higher percentage of kids for college. The public health system becomes increasingly financially burdensome while public and private hospitals quarrel...
Many financial analysts think Clausen shares some responsibility for the bank's current woes. His previous tenure produced a rapid acceleration of BankAmerica's lending in energy, farming and the Third World, all areas that have since generated loan losses. Last week Clausen bristled at any mention of those decisions, but added, "Would I have done some things differently? Of course...
...their adopted hometown of Edmonton, Alta., the immigrant Ghermezian brothers -- Eskandar, Nader, Raphael and Bahman -- are figures swaddled in rumor and mystery. Fiercely privacyminded, they refuse to divulge their exact ages and are rarely photographed together. Their rapid-fire conversations in Farsi and French often befuddle English-speaking business peers. But from behind that fog, the four Iranian natives have created one of Canada's biggest and most spectacular real estate baronies and are quickly expanding their razzle-dazzle fiefdom southward. Before long, U.S. consumers will get a full exposure to the revolutionary marketing flair of the Ghermezians, who have...