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...rancorous three-day meeting in Washington earlier this month, the World Bank's 33 wealthiest member nations agreed to donate only $9 billion over the next three years to the International Development Association (IDA), an agency of the bank that makes interest-free loans to more than 40 of the world's poorest nations. The amount, which represents a reduction of 25% from 1983 levels, is $7 billion less than the $16 billion requested by the bank's management...
Before the first shovelful of earth was dug, Eggert and McKew subjected their design to various computer tests. For example, they tried to determine whether there would be enough heat in the building for it to survive a three-day winter week end. The system breezed through the trials, though innovation does come at a price...
...executive's life into neat compartments. The book contains more than two dozen forms for listing activities, to which the user assigns priorities by marking items with special symbols. A Santa Monica, Calif., firm called Insight Transformational Seminars sells the book for $300. The price includes a three-day seminar on how to use it. For $120, customers get a 30-page instruction book instead of the seminar...
Voting on the referendum began yesterday in the Houses with moderate turnout, according to Council officers. The Council expects a 30 percent turnout over the three-day period, said Vice-Chairman Brian R. Melendez...
...late oil magnate J. Paul, who is estimated to be worth over $2.2 billion, flew "some friends," as he put it, from San Francisco to New York last week for an advance bash (he actually passes the half-century mark next week. The highlight of the three-day fling was an evening at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, where Mezzo Soprano Mignon Dunn performed the New York City premiere of Amateur Composer Getty's The White Election. The 32-song cycle won accolades from the audience as well as Getty himself, who called it his "biggest moment...