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...vital to world financial stability mainly because it serves as a catalyst for private lending. The agency makes loans only to countries that agree to launch programs to restore their economic health. Once such measures are adopted, commercial banks are usually willing to lend more to the troubled countries. Earlier this year, for example, Mexico was able to get $5 billion in new credit from private banks only after it agreed to cut public spending and received a $3.8 billion commitment from...
...from independent sources, and this demands as much ingenuity as planning and shooting a film. Oshima financed his last three films with help from producers in France, Britain and New Zealand. Other directors may receive grants from the Art Theater Guild, which in the past 20 years has helped launch the careers of Oshima, Susumu Hani and Masahiro Shinoda. "If Japanese cinema hasn't become extinct," says Critic Sato, "it is because of the life-and-death efforts of directors who risk their own money and property to make movies...
...Atlanta, New York City, Washington, Jerusalem, Peking, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro and El Salvador, as well as adding a correspondent on Latin America based in Washington. The Herald's coverage of Central America is generally lauded as alert and thorough. The paper was among the first to launch a weekly business and financial supplement as well as a Sunday magazine, Tropic...
Cigarette companies are introducing new brands aimed specifically at upper-scale consumers interested in quality. But Reynolds' Johnston points out that the new brands are high-stake gambles, since it now costs $80 million to launch a totally new cigarette. Only six new brands have captured .5% of the market in the past decade. Those were More, Now, Merit, Barclay and Golden Lights...
...Cambridge on scholarship. As Toby King, she lives in Holworthy with a pre-med and an actress (the latter is played by Kim Delaney of "All My Children.") She starts out with high hopes, studying hard to keep up her grades and comping for The Crimson to launch her journalism career...