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...ability to go into debt has launched many new nations, and preserved or vastly changed old ones. A postwar proliferation of international credit agencies-notably the World Bank - has provided 51% credit that has strung railroads through jungles in Colombia, built highways in Ethiopia, and industrialized Italy's Mezzogiorno. Some countries have borrowed too enthusiastically. Overwhelming debts have brought inflation and economic chaos to Indonesia, Argentina, Ghana and other extravagant governments, which perhaps will never be able...
...strike, came to Homestead determined to assassinate Frick; one day he managed to pump two shots into the mighty magnate, but Frick survived. Eight thousand Pennsylvania National Guardsmen bivouacked in the town under a general who was sympathetic to management; for expressing an anti-Frick sentiment, one soldier was strung up by the thumbs. When Frick imported scab labor under armed guard, the strikers poisoned their food; at least three died...
Either John, Scott or Jim McCandlish will probably start for the Crimson. Like the rest of the team, they've performed erratically this season. McCandlish strung together several good performances, appeared to be the "sleeper," on the Crimson mound staff, but against Penn on Saturday was wilder than a Borneo native. After being shelled in his two previous outings, Scott turned in a sparkling relief performance against the Quakers...
Better early than late. At the break, Flag Raiser shot in front, opened up a five-length lead. Bold Lad moved into second place and stayed there, while the rest of the eleven-horse field was strung out up the track. Going into the final turn, Jockey Manuel Ycaza clucked to Bold Lad, and the white-stockinged chestnut slowly began to close the gap. But Flag Raiser was far from through. With Jockey Bob Ussery whipping furiously, he beat off Bold Lad's challenge, and in the end it was the favorite who tired. Almost unnoticed, Mrs. Ben Cohen...
This propagandistic effort destroys the coherence of Duke's personal story. There are too many characters thrown in. Sordid incidents are strung together in an impressionistic way that works in photographic sequences, but diffuses the story. No doubt violence does rear up without warning in real Harlem life, but these scuffles come too fast in the movie to glean any human relevance. The audience I sat with laughed lightheartedly when a member of the gang pulled a knife on his father, when Duke stole a purse, and when a rival whom Duke stabbed rolled over and said "Thank...