The Orpheus Chamber Ensemble became a staple at the Performing Arts Center in Purchase more than 15 years ago, lending stature and stability to a concert series that has since grown in both size and diversity.
A few decades ago banks lent to rich people and to companies with an investment grade.
Dot hung on to her guitar for a while, just in case, but a few years ago she lent it to one of her brothers and hasn't got it back.
Her involvement in the city began decades ago; she lent her spirit and expertise, talent and ability to hospitals; Jewish, secular and Catholic charities; museums; and especially the Jewish Community Relations Council and the New York City Police Foundation, on whose boards she sat.
Banks long ago stopped lending.
Having survived two financial meltdowns, the Turkish regulatory apparatus, led by the central bank in particular, is well aware of the risks, and the country's banks, which just a few years ago saw lending growth of 40 percent and more, have been reined in and are flush with cash to cushion a downturn.
Rochelle Pachtman, founder of the public relations firm Pachtman Communications in Manhattan, says she jumped into the fray just a few weeks ago to lend a hand to the Gore campaign because the race was so tight and she thought she might actually make a difference.
He's haunted by the moment, 20 years ago, when he lent a poor, balding, techno musician friend a box set of CDs.
(Johnson) Morgan Library and Museum: 'Durer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings From Munich' (through Jan . 6 A few years ago the Morgan lent a cache of drawings to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich.
(Cotter) Morgan Library and Museum: 'Durer to de Kooning: 100 Master Drawings From Munich' (through Jan . 6 A few years ago the Morgan lent a cache of drawings to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich.
