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...twilight, and she is a kind of smoky torch song. Anita Morris is stunningly lovely, with some of the impish mischief of Gertrude Lawrence and a delicate edge of satire in her voice that Porter would have relished. There are 32 numbers in all, and a good half well repay the hearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Sophisticate for Sale | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...Much of the rise in food prices in recent years, says Hayes, was caused by climbing costs of transportation, processing and retailing. Hayes notes that a recent Government survey of 400 banks in nine farm states found that 14,000 farmers will not be able to repay their bank loans and could go out of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Lush Crop of Discontent | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...Railroad Bank and Trust Co. and a longtime friend, admits that he loaned Lance $651,000 in 1976 in a deal that was "somewhat casual." As in some other Lance loans, there was no maturity date set; as long as he met interest payments there was no need to repay the principal. And being a banker, Lance got favorable interest rates on his loans; probably about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Budget Chief's Balance Sheet | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

Foreign confidence was shaken by the disastrous financial crisis undergone two years ago by the country's national oil company, Pertamina. Afflicted by gross mismanagement and blatant corruption, the company could not repay several billion dollars in loan obligations and had to be bailed out by the government. To help raise the money, the government assessed Caltex-producer of 63% of Indonesian oil-an extra $1 per bbl. in royalties and arbitrarily cut the earnings of other foreign oil companies by about $2.50 per bbl. Admits Indonesian Minister of Mining Affairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: A Land of Promise: the Wealth of a Troubled Paradise | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

LIFE INSURERS would lend the money at 5% to 8% interest annually, if the salesman had built up a cash value of $2,000 or more in a policy. Since he would in effect be borrowing his own money, he could repay the principal whenever he felt like it, or not at all. In that case the $2,000 would be deducted from the proceeds paid to his beneficiaries when he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: What It Really Costs | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

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