Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie Stand and Deliver has turned James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles into a worldwide symbol of educational hope. Its barrio-bound Hispanic students were inspired by Teacher Jaime Escalante to achieve startlingly high scores in that difficult subject calculus. But now the scores are falling. Only 46% of participating Garfield students passed a rigorous College Board math exam this year...
...Bank Board's moves are part of its so-called Southwest Plan for consolidating 109 ailing Texas S and Ls by the end of next May. The thinking behind the mergers is that the firms will save money by combining and streamlining operations and thus stand a better chance of survival. But the rescue plans will put a severe strain on the already cash-starved Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), the industry insurance fund that provides the money for the bailouts...
...worst trouble spot is Texas, where the woes of the oil and real estate industries have caused 192 banks to fail since 1982. The First RepublicBank case almost guarantees that the FDIC will operate at a loss this year for the first time in its history. Its reserves now stand at $15.8 billion, down from $18.3 billion in January, and the fund is likely to lose an additional $2 billion by the end of the year. FDIC Chairman William Seidman told Congress two weeks ago that at least one and possibly two major banks may soon need substantial federal...
...Convention, and Luis Carlos Azenha, a correspondent for Brazil's TV Manchete network, and his crew of two were trolling for stories outside the New Orleans Superdome. They headed for Lafayette Square, where they hoped to get pictures of men kissing each other at a rally protesting the Republicans' stand on AIDS. The square, however, was deserted except for a sprinkling of mounted police and a handful of journalists with the same idea as the Brazilians. No story there...
Bush. Exactly. And I'm prepared to stand by that. I'm very happy with the process, but I'm not happy with the rumors and malicious charges that came out, with no evidence behind them. I would think a lot of people would pause before throwing out those charges they throw out in the form of questions. If you think it's fair to pass along or circulate rumors that prove to have no basis in fact, then I'm not sure that's sound, insightful journalism...