Word: venezuelan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Venezuelan, whose country lies only 80 miles from Grenada, I was exhilarated when I learned about the U.S. military invasion. The U.S. did the "dirty work" for us and other countries. I am grateful that we have somebody with guts in this hemisphere...
...Halfway between a university and an engineering firm" is how Senior Vice President Raymond S. Nickerson describes Cambridge think tank Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), co-ordinates of the Project Intelligence program between Harvard and the Venezuelan government (see above story...
...ranked as one of Harvard's leading outside consultants since 1980, with over $2.5 million passing from the University to the firm during the last three school years. Most of this money has come from the Venezuelan government and merely passed through Harvard's hands to the subcontracted firm. Nonetheless, BBN maintains rather close ties with its closest academic neighbors, Harvard and MIT, as many scientists split time between laboratories at Fresh Pond and their home universities...
Chayes, who was at a formal lunch hosted by the Venezuelan ambassador, learned of the assassination when the diplomat was called back to his embassy. Back at the State Department, Chayes, who was then Legal Advisor to the State Department, and coworkers gathered in his office to listen for news...
Nonetheless, the delegates to the conference, which was hosted by Venezuelan President Luis Herrera Campins, had plenty of complaints about their bankers. Their major concern was about the fees and extra interest that American banks are charging them on new and rescheduled loans. Representatives noted that ailing U.S. firms like International Harvester received much more favorable terms than they. Said Venezuelan Finance Minister Arturo Sosa: "It is only sensible to ask whether the conditions being offered to our countries are comparable to those secured by troubled enterprises in industrial nations." A working paper presented to the session estimated that Latin...