Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...line with the mounting pressure for greater openness, the KGB has launched a public relations campaign. During an interview with Pravda last month, Chebrikov asserted that his personnel were now emphasizing "new attitudes." He acknowleged there had been "grave violations" of legality during Stalin's days and stressed his support for "broader democracy and greater openness...
...also vigorous, direct intervention by Government and business. The U.S. Federal Reserve injected billions of dollars into the banking system and drove down interest rates. Many blue-chip companies announced massive share repurchase programs and drove the market averages back up. The Japanese government urged its securities industry to support the Tokyo market...
...that the Federal Reserve be given the regulatory power to make sure that the investment firms and the specialists at the exchanges have adequate capital to cope with market swings. The greater and greater assumption of risks by the securities industry requires significantly higher levels of permanent capital to support such risks...
...result of a serious recession and Third World-debt defaults. American banks have an exposure of close to $100 billion to Third World borrowers; a 50% loss in the market value of these debts, if it were to be officially acknowledged, would require nearly $50 billion of capital support, more than three times the size of the present FDIC fund. Existing loan-loss reserves would provide part of the capital, but not nearly enough to cover the exposure. Estimates on the ultimate cost of rescuing the S and Ls increase almost daily, with some experts predicting $50 billion...
...other kidnapings. Most of the remaining hostages are believed to be held by factions of the pro-Iranian Shi'ite extremist organization known as Hizballah (Party of God), which has some different goals. Singh's captors claimed that he was freed in an attempt to win U.S. support for the Palestinian uprising in Israel's occupied territories, for example, while Hizballah demands the release of 17 convicted terrorists held by Kuwait...