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Lewis Preston Aims to Ax World Bank's Arrogance
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Lewis Preston, distinguished former head of the Morgan banking
empire, is into his eighth month now as president of the World Bank.
As yet, he has not become a commanding figure on the Washington
scene, and he says that if his presence here doesn't make headlines,
it won't bother him.
Preston looks more the professor, half-glasses riding down his
nose, than banker or dynamic government official. The laid-back
image he projects is accentuated by a soft, low voice.
At a recent private meeting with major business leaders, one of
them asked Preston, "What is right and what is wrong with the ...
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