Word: staking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million in South African bonds. None of these loans were made directly to the South African army; but the banks admit they do not control the ultimate direction of the money. The loans go to develop a white-controlled economy, and give major U.S. banks a long-term stake in apartheid...
...they are growing somewhat faster this year. That has made Eckstein, at 50, probably the richest American economist. Since DRI went public last November, the shares have bucked the bear market and risen from $11.50 to $18 bid, giving Eckstein and his family a stake of more than $4 million...
...Indians, and the factions within the tribe, do support some whites' doubts that the Indians are the unassimilated and united body they claim to be, Although the fight to regain the Indian land is in part a moral stand, both whites and Indians have other more selfish interests at stake...
...message. Declaring a national holiday to commemorate the signing, Torrijos mingled regret with relief. "In truth," he said, mangling some metaphors, "the treaty is like a little pebble which we shall be able to carry in our shoe for 23 years, and that is better than the stake we have had to carry in our hearts...
...whole, Panama is regarded as a colonial enclave. The treaty sets off a whole new relationship between the U.S. and Latin America. We can prove how a great nation can deal magnanimously with a small nation at a time when Third World and North-South relations are at stake...