Word: directed
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Direct Support...
...trustees said in a May 1978 policy statement banks should not loan money directly to the South African government because "such loans... constitute direct support for the government...
...report said that Qing repeatedly denied that a special group had been under her control, but after evidence and statements were read in the court Qing said: "I was in direct charge of the special group for handling the case...
...They also increased the gun's muzzle velocity by resorting to an unusual power source: a huge homopolar electric generator which uses two rapidly spinning flywheels to build up and store electricity. In bare ly a second the Canberra homopolar de livered as many as 500 megajoules of direct current - enough to light up a small city. Such a quick surge is essential for rapid buildup of the propelling magnetic field. Eventually, they were able to deliver the electromagnetic kick even quicker, and accelerated small plastic cubes to muzzle velocities of 6 km per second...
...gold and oil, the Soviets have paid off $2.5 billion in private bank loans. Thus far, however, they have shown no inclination to bail out the Poles. A Polish default on foreign loans might give Moscow an excuse to tighten its hold on the economy or, at worst, grab direct power in Warsaw. don't go bankrupt," as Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston once said. But they can delay or, as in the case of Iran, freeze payment on foreign debts, even though such moves endanger the profitability and, eventually, the stability of financial institutions. With debts of all borrowing...