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microfinance companies would come in and try to sell them on loans without regard to whether they had other loans outstanding. there were no questions asked about what the loans were for. ( gunshots ) >> lehrer: and judy woodruff has a conversation about this date 30 years ago, when president ronald reagan was shot outside a washington hotel. thats all ahead on tonights "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the fir...

microfinance companies would come in and try to sell them on loans without regard to whether they had other loans outstanding. there were no questions asked about what the loans were for. ( gunshots ) >> lehrer: and judy woodruff has a conversation about this date 30 years ago, when president ronald reagan was shot outside a washington hotel. thats all ahead on tonights "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the fir...

>> people in villages like this say agents from various microfinance companies would come in and try to sell them on loans without regard to whether they had other loans outstanding. there were no questions asked about what the loans were for. ( gunshots ) >> lehrer: and judy woodruff has a conversation about this date 30 years ago, when president ronald reagan was shot outside a washington hotel. thats all ahead on tonights "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provi...

>> suarez: can the chinese government credibley urge its citizens not to smoke while being behind the growing of the plant and being the countrys chief cigarette salesman? >> ifill: and, on this memorial day, we revisit our conversation with author tim obrien about his book, "the things they carried," soldiers stories from the vietnam war. thats all ahead on tonights newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain fr...

yet another plan to stop the flow of oil from its blown well, we look at the public response to the spill and its impact, with oil analyst amy jaffe, technology expert paul saffo, and bill nye, the science guy. >> warner: ray suarez has a report on chinas smoking epidemic, and why the government has done little to stop it. >> suarez: can the chinese government credibley urge its citizens not to smoke while being behind the growing of the plant and being the countrys chief cigarette sal...