... taking place, the street was gay with coaches and sedan-chairs, andthe attire ofthe people who then gathered was as brilliant as a flight of cockatoos. It was a period of spectacular dress and ... one, and although they had not won all that they had wanted, it was nevertheless a great satisfaction that they had accomplished so much, and they were now applying themselves with great zest ... of members to appreciate the importance ofthe issues. Much of the tedious and pointless character of their speeches may be ascribed to the lack ofthe personal presence ofthe Secretary. There...
... agrees to a below-market interest rate in exchange for a share ofthe appreciated value ofthe collateral property. The share ofthe appreciated value is determined and due at the sale ofthe property ... decide on the appropriate composition of the on- and o-balance-sheet activities allowed by banks to ensure adequate liquidity, capital, and duration match of assets and liabilities. A balance must ... 8Buildup and Meltdown of the Mortgage and Credit Markets The demand for residential real estate was seemingly insatiable. After rising at an average annual rate of slightly less than 3 percent...
... precepts of humanity andofthe Gospel. The experience of ages had betrayed the weakness, as well asfolly, of Paganism; the light of reason andof faith had already exposed, to the greatest part of ... imprudence, andthe perfidious arts of Maximus; but they wanted time, and force, and resolution, to stand against the Gauls and Germans, either in the field, or within the walls ofa large and disaffected ... in a firm and equal tone, to offer Theodosius the alternative of peace, or war. The speech ofthe ambassador concluded with a spirited declaration, that although Maximus,as a Roman, and as the...
... Justinian was born ^1 near the ruins of Sardica, (the modern Sophia,) of an obscure race ^2 of Barbarians, ^3 the inhabitants ofa wild and desolate country, to which the names of Dardania, of Dacia, ... Walamir had fallen in battle; the youngest ofthe brothers, Widimir, had led away into Italy and Gaul an army of Barbarians, andthe wholenation acknowledged for their king the father of Theodoric. ... into the Bay of Naples, commanded the various prospect ofthe sky, the earth, andthe water. On the eastern side ofthe Adriatic, a new Campania was formed in the fair and fruitful province of...
... navigation ofthe Red Sea. In the markets of Saana and Merab, in the harbors of Oman and Aden, the camels ofthe Koreishites were laden with a precious cargo of aromatics; a supply of corn and ... by the apostolic librarians and notaries ofthe viiith and ixth centuries; and that the last and smallest part is the work of Anastasius, whose name it bears. The style is barbarous, the narrativepartial, ... over the useful animals; andthe Arabian shepherd had acquired the absolute possession ofa faithfulfriend anda laborious slave. ^11 Arabia, in the opinion ofthe naturalist, is the genuine and...
... sight ofthe duke of Swabia and his way-wornremnant of five thousand Germans. At length, in the spring ofthe second year, the royal fleets of France and England cast anchor in the Bay of Acre, and ... voluntary and precarious, had embarked in theirvessels for the long navigation ofthe ocean and Mediterranean; and many ofthe French and Italians hadpreferred a cheaper and more convenient passage ... scandal in the West.] The honor ofthe monarchy andthe safety of the capital were deeply wounded by the revolt ofthe Bulgarians and Walachians. Since the victory of the second Basil, they had...
... of Carolina, partly by water and partly by land, the stranger has an excellent view of the natural beauties, and rural inhabitants ofthe forest. At a distance the marshes and savannas appear ... men ofthe nation,actuated by a pious and laudable zeal for the propagation ofthe Gospel, associated, and formed a design of settling it at their own expence. To give an account oftheriseand ... obstacles, and was productive of more serious and fatalAn Historical Account oftheRiseand Progress ofthe Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, vol 110 ruins; and if they turn not headstrong and...
... oursafety and quiet while wars and rumors of wars have agitated and afflicted other nations ofthe earth; for our A Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers ofthe Presidents 11 any ofthe public ... T.F. BAYARD, Secretary of State. A Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers ofthe Presidents 9 In my annual message ofthe 8th of December last I said:In the application ofthe acts lately passed ... apartThursday, the 26th day of November instant, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, and do invoke the observance ofthe same by all the people ofthe land.On that day let all secular business...
... thing can recur, the very same thing cannot recur. As we shall see, the failure of Saint Paul andthe earliest [ 20 ] theriseandfallof soul and selfunifi ed we are mentally and how whatever ... thank the Research Development Fund of Dalhousie University, the Social Sci-ence and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the General Research Board of the University of Maryland, andthe ... express the modern idea that there is such a thing as one’s true self . Wedding the traditional Greek ideal of realizing human excellence with a Roman, and [ 16 ] theriseandfallof soul and...
... other sounds to strangers via the airwaves, broadcasting was suddenly in the reach of just about anyone, and very soon all sorts of ideas as to what shape it should take, from the rather banal ... society. The arrival of mass broadcasting inspired, in the United States and around the world, anextraordinary faith in its potential as the benefactor, perhaps even a savior, of mankind. And while the reason ... side ofthe Atlantic, in the geographicallyvast United States, isolated clusters of local and mostly amateur operators, inspired by the enthusiasm of the hobbyist anda somewhat vague though earnest...
... shop, and parish. It was bordered to the east by the tracks ofthe Illinois Central Railroad and to the north by a red board fence, beyond which lay a no-man’s-land of train yards and factories. ... and luncheonettes and, almost everywhere, brokerage firms and banks. The Fed’s immediate neighborsinclude a shoe repair stand anda teriyaki house, and also Chase Manhattan Bank; J. P. Morgan is a few blocks ... Hawkins, anArkansan who had helped run Bill Clinton’s campaign for state attorney general and had then gotten a Ph.D. in financial economics from MIT; and William Krasker, an intense, mathematically...
... 193. TheFallof Abacus Banking in Japan 534. The Banking Crisis 73II. TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking andthe LoomingBanking Crisis in China 995. TheRiseof Abacus Banking in China 1016. ... Cataloging-in-Publication DataArayama, Yuko, 1951– The riseandfallof abacus banking in Japan and China / Yuko Arayama, PanosMourdoukoutas.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN ... xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xix1. Beyond Non-performing Assets: Abacus Banking 1I. TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking andthe BankingCrisis in Japan 172. TheRiseof Abacus Banking in Japan...
... per Bank Worker in Japan, China, andthe United States (1981–1998) 10 TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking in Japan and Chinaã Corporate governance provided bank managers a free hand in managingassets ... avail. At the same time, the Japanese government has launchedan aggressive fiscal stimulus package that poured billions of yen into TheRiseandFall of Abacus Bankingin Japan and China 8 TheRise ... 2 TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking in Japan and China The Japanese way of doing things seems to fit this stage of history better The Japanese system puts emphasis on stability and teamwork and...
... the BOJ.’’23This means that the BOJ vir- 34 TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking in Japan and ChinaThis means that Japanese bankers did not make a special effort to ap-praise and assess the ... of industry, the Jap-anese bureaucracy serves as a facilitator, an organization dedicated to 20 TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking in Japan and Chinabank anda moderate fee are sufficient for ... United States, a visit to the local branch ofa major 32 TheRiseandFallof Abacus Banking in Japan and Chinatually eliminated liquidity risk, a traditional banking risk. Adams and Hoshii...