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...fledgling bank into an even greater financial asset for South Central. Late in May a coalition of more than 600 black ministers launched a campaign to persuade black residents to shift up to $15 million in deposits from mainstream banks to black institutions. "The larger we can become vis-a- vis deposits and things like that," says Jenkins, "the easier it will be for us to become a significant part of the rebuilding effort...
...principle to work from. But in a society where so much sexual abuse is occuring we must look to the sickness in our society as a first step to understanding the real ills. The problem is so elusive because men and women participate in a dysfunctional system vis-a-vis sexual values...
...liberating principle and pop culture. West Europeans, celebrating the regained unity of the Continent and the prospect of a renaissance there, also yearn to keep close to America. Still not autonomous in terms of security, they want Americans to stay on European soil, not only to provide a balance vis-a-vis the remaining military power of the Soviet Union but also vis-a-vis the inevitable political and economic weight of Germany. More profoundly, Europeans see the continuation of an American presence as insurance against the possible return of dark nationalist and xenophobic impulses from their past...
Normal relations between the U.S. and Vietnam could contribute to peace and cooperation in Southeast Asia and to maintaining the independence of this area . vis-a-vis China...
...even as we condemn waste-exporting companies for their insensitivity to the impact of their deadly trade on Third World inhabitants, we can see that their balance sheets leave them little choice. Any company with sufficient ethics to look beyond the bottom line is put at an immediate disadvantage vis-a-vis less scrupulous competitors. If any company is permitted to do it, all must out of necessity follow...