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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 29, 1977
Neville Miller, Ex-RLA Head, Dies |
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Neville Miller, 83, is communications lawyer who headed the District's urban renewal agency in the 1960s, died Sunday at his Northwest Washington home after a long illness.An urbane, soft-spoken man whose voice carried the lilt of his native Kentucky, Mr. Miller served over the years in a variety of government assignments - as mayor of Louisville, as deputy chief of United Nations relief in the balkans near the end of World War II, and as chairman of the D.C. Redevelopment Land...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 27, 1977
Ethiopian Economy Unscathed by Political Chaos |
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"Tell me," said a puzzled visiting Western economist, "Why does Ethiopa continue to function so well in the midst of so much political chaos?"The question is being asked by many resident Western economists as well. For whatever one thinks about the socialist revolution here, the fact is that Ethiopia, after three years of almost constant political turmoil, has one of the healthier economies among those regarded as the Third... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 20, 1977
10 Million Hindus Take Ritual Bath |
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At least 10 million Hindu pilgrims sought salvation today through immersion in the sacred Ganges River at the climax of Hinduism's holiest ritual bathing festival.The ancient festival, called the Kumbh Mela, is believed to be the largest mass gathering in the world, and the torrent of humanity that from midnight to dusk clogged the river banks as far as eye could see was one of the largest Kumbh Mela crowds on record.A steady rain began washing over the 3,000-acre festival... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 26, 1977
U.K. Ups Loan Rate |
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The Bank of England raised its minimum lending rate two percentage points yesterday to 7 per cent from 5 per cent, ending a year-long drop in short-term British interest rates.Until the announcement, the rate had been in decline since November 1976 after hitting a record high of 15 per cent.Britain's central bank has signaled Thursday that it wouldn't be adverse to an increase in the MLR, which is the lowest rate at which the bank, as lender of last resort,... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 14, 1977
Rhodesia Devalues Currency |
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Rhodesia devalued its currency 3 per cent against the South African rand and 6 per cent against all other world currencies, as Finance Minister David Smith told a subdued Parliament that Rhodesia faces the worst trade outlook since it broke from Britain in 1965.The Standard Bank of Rhodesia warned that the economy was headed for collapse unless a settlement is reached between the white minority and blacks seeking majority rule. ... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 26, 1977
Walter Wriston, the chairman of Citibank, said he |
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Walter Wriston, the chairman of Citibank, said he is not concerned about Citibank's loans to less developed countries, nor about any particular country's financial stability.In an interview yesterday, he said Citibank loans had been connected with loan packages from the International Monetary Fund, and that the growth in loans to non-oil-exporting Third World nations this year may be slightly under the 10 per cent growth in such loans forecast by the World Bank.... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 6, 1977
Bleak Report On France |
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The Bank of France yesterday issued a bleak report on the French economy over the past year and recommended a rigorous monetary policy - a close check on the money supply and the exchange rate.The document said that a 5 per cent increase in the volume of gross industrial production has not sufficed to bring down France's unemployment, now running at an estimated 1 million workers (about 5 percent during 1976 despite a slowdown in 1975. The bank blamed the increase on too rapid... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 20, 1977
Banks, Not U.S., Now Give Brazil Its Foreign Aid |
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When a State Department report on human rights violations was released last month with criticism of Brazil, the Brazilians thumbed their noses and last week canceled a 25-year military assistance agreement with the United States.It was a painless act because the Brazilians are no longer dependent on foreign aid handouts. The international banking community has become the underwriter of Brazil's economic and military development.The Brazilians now have $27 billion in... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 11, 1977
On 'The Stroll' |
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Detective Joe Haggerty, bearded and dressed in a leisure suit, and his partner Thom Grace, clean-shaven and prematurely gray, settle comfortably in their unmarked police cruiser, turn onto 14th Street NW and casually scan the dark streets for the familiar faces. Haggerty and Grace are police specialists. They stalk pimps.The world in which they work is filled with shadowy people - robbers and junkies, pickpockets and prostitutes, burglars and panhandlers who, like bats out of a cave, flock... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 23, 1977
Tin Price Rise Seen |
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Tin prices are expected to rise 25 per cent this year and next as a result of action taken last month by the world's producing and consuming nations, according to a Bankof America report released yesterday.In a victory for producing countries, nations participating in the Fifth International Tin Agreement raised the floor and ceiling price levels within which market prices are allowed to fluctuate.As a result, the price of tin on the Penang, Malaysia, market should rise 20... |
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