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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 30, 1977
Despite Scarcity of Capital, Some Do Manage to Thrive |
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"I went to 50 banks over a period of two years," said the muscular young man, eyes glinting in the dim basement light, voice tight as if to control an inner rage. "Fifty. The banks are telling you, 'We only loan niggers enough money to buy a car.'"The young man finally obtained his bank loan with help from the Greater Washington Business Center, a nonprofit group that helps minority businessmen. Now, working with...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 10, 1977
A Proposition: High Oil Prices Benefit U.S. |
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From the realm of international oil, where strange things sometimes happen, here is an extraordinary proposition to consider: the sky-high price of oil forced upon the world by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has actually been good for America.The United States is stronger today in the world than it was five years ago, thanks partly to OPEC's four-fold escalation of crude oil prices.The U.S. political power in the Middle East and elsewhere is enhanced by...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 4, 1977
Colombia Protests Price Drop, Halts Coffee Exports |
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Colombia, the world's second largest coffee exporter, has stopped selling coffee abroad as a result of a dramatic drop in coffee prices on the London and New York markets.Prices have fallen from $3.37 to $2.90 a pound in the past month, causing panic and confusion on the coffee futures market, which for the last two years has seen constantly rising prices."With these falling prices, private Colombian exporters have had to withdraw from the market,"...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 31, 1977
A Skeptical Hussein |
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The temptation for Israel "to use its military might while it is at its peak" is the most dangerous political fact in the world today and one that directly threatens President Carter's peace efforts.That warning from King Hussein, now in his 25th year on the throne of Jordan, is coupled with another conclusion that cuts at the heart of American policy toward Israel since its conquests 10 years ago in the Six Day War."It has been said...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 16, 1977
Begin Expected To Brief Carter On Concessions |
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Prime Minister Menahem Begin, who has vowed never to give up the West Bank of the Jordan River, is expected to outline for President Carter Friday significant Israeli concessions including a degree of Arab autonomy never comtemplated before, authoritative Israeli sources disclosed today.The Israeli leader was said also to be comtemplating extensive military withdrawals from the Israeli-occupied Sinai peninsula.But his proposals on the West Bank will not go so far as to envision the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 12, 1977
Overseas Loan Watch |
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The comptroller of the currency will begin regular monitoring of overseas lending by U.S. commercial banks, the comptroller's office announced yesterday.A detailed survey of existing foreign loans by U.S. banks already has been undertaken.National and insured state non-member banks with assets of more than $300 million and state member banks with assets of more than $1 billion were asked to respond to the survey.Concern recently has been expressed over the ability of... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 12, 1977
Stephen L. Freeland, 66, News Magazine Editor |
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Stephen L. Freeland, 66, retired associate editor of U.S. News & World Report, died Thursday at the home of a friend in Washington after a long illness.He had joined the magazine in 1958 and became a specialist in health and medicine.After retiring in 1975, he became an editorial consultant.His clients included the World Bank and the National Commission on Public General Hospitals.Born in New York City, Mr. Freeman was a graduate of Wesleyan University and held a...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 10, 1977
Mrs. Daniel Director at Riggs |
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"We can stand a little glamor around here," said a stockholder of Riggs National Bank yesterday, as he shook hands with Margaret Truman Daniel.The daughter of former President Harry S. Truman had just been elected a director of metropolitan Washington's largest financial institution - the first woman on the board in the bank's 140-year history.In the front of the bank's ornate board room, stockholders crowded around Mrs....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 11, 1977
Why SWAT Didn't Shoot |
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About 11 p.m. Wednesday night, when Stephen W. Gregory still held one hostage captive in the Blair Park branch of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co., he briefly appeared at the bank's slightly-open door, leaned out, and closed it.At that moment from behind a Montgomery County patrol car 40 yards away on East-West Highway, two members of the county police.SWAT unit trained their rifle sniperscopes at him and found themselves confronted with "a super-easy...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 13, 1977
Carter Pledge Breaks Impasse On Foreign Aid |
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Spurred by a last-minute concession from President Carter, House and Senate conferees yesterday broke the impasse that has blocked passage of the $6.8 billion foreign aid bill for more than two weeks.The argument centered on a House amendment that would have prevented U.S. contributions to international banks from going to seven countries that are said to be gross violators of human rights.Carter strongly opposed the measure, the Senate deleted it, and World Bank President Robert S.... |
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