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...trousers and a gray polo shirt, math teacher Tony Dula scribbles an algebra problem on a sheet of clear plastic and, using an overhead projector, throws the image on the blackboard for his class of 10th- graders. "O.K.," he says, "you have two minutes." Heads bow and sneakered feet tap softly on the floor. Suddenly a student in the second row breaks the silence. "Oooooh! I found it!," she cries. "I feel good!" Another girl waves her hand wildly from the back of the room. "Mr. Dula! Mr. Dula...
...remain the world's top dealer in foreign currencies. The firm also operates the world's largest network of automated teller machines and has introduced such innovations as the touch- tone screen. The bank is currently linking its 2,000 ATMs worldwide, so travelers in, say, Singapore can tap their accounts in New York City or Buenos Aires. With a reach like that, Citicorp will remain a major player on the world banking stage...
MONEY FLOWS The most significant economic development of the past decade has been the deregulation of financial movements across borders. This has created a worldwide pool of capital that enables borrowers in countries with low savings to tap into the cash of others. But because of this development, national policies that artificially encourage or restrict investment have an international impact and could lead to forms of economic conflict as dangerous as trade wars...
...unlikely combination of computers and furniture. Furnel exports the moderately priced furniture to Western store chains and uses the currency that it earns to buy computer parts from ICL. The venture then assembles the components in Poland and sells the computers to Polish buyers. ICL thus manages to tap markets in both Poland and the West and receive its payment in hard currency...
...intelligence and darkly humorous satire, Robocop II has more in common with Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles and Rob Reiners' Spinal Tap than any of this summer's insubstantial blockbuster releases. It's definitely a must...