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...rushed to the rescue of the Continental Illinois bank. In addition, the economy was menaced by those terrible twin deficits in the federal budget and foreign trade. These two monsters dragged down the rate of growth in the second half of the year and threatened to stall the recovery...
Often, shower to stall to sink discussions took place. "It was either in the bathroom, on the bus [to the science building], or at meals," and they chose to discuss other topics during these scarce moments of relaxation, said DiAntonio...
Harvard's endowment is about 46 times larger than Radcliffe's and accordingly. Harvard has much more complex investment strategy. While Radcliffe pays four outside managers in New York, Boston and San Francisco to keep its coffers full, Harvard sports a 70-member, in-house investment stall of its own, the Harvard Management Company. Under the leadership of Walter M. Cabot '55, president of the company since it was formed in 1974, Harvard constantly shills its $2.3 billion among stocks, bonds and other investments...
...killed and four others were injured. It was the first fatality in PBA's history. FAA investigators found that a member of PBA's ground crew had mistakenly filled the plane's tanks with kerosene jet fuel instead of aviation gasoline, which caused the engines to stall...
...announced that she was automatically rejecting all new applications for voter registration. Each applicant, she said, could seek a hearing at which his or her eligibility would be decided. She was doing so, she said, to stop "organized efforts to fraudulently register people." The cumbersome process would effectively stall any massive Rajneesh registration...