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Kerr's examples of organized criminal activity in Britain represent the final retail link in a vast chain of production, distribution and sale of criminal goods that is every bit as entrepreneurial and growth-oriented as the most dynamic global corporations. There are now few major crimes which do not involve syndicates in several countries, usually in more than one continent. Israeli crime groups, for example, have for some time controlled the export of ecstasy tablets into the U.S. In a perfect example of globalization, a gang headquartered in Tel Aviv was able to mastermind the export of drugs manufactured...
Clinton's recent embrace of a "gas-tax holiday" - an idea dismissed by others in her party as a bit of ineffective pandering - also reinforced questions about her trustworthiness. In Indiana exit polls, a full quarter of Clinton's own supporters said that they did not think she was honest. Just as Obama suffered in Ohio for looking like he was too political on NAFTA, Clinton's position on the gas tax issue riled Indiana voters, who consistently raised it in conversations with reporters the weekend before the primary vote...
...last two months, however, have tested all of Obama's lofty offerings. An economy slipping towards recession and some troubling comments by both himself and his former pastor have combined to force the candidate to come down to earth a bit and emphasize more tangible, immediate responses. With the help of Republican John McCain, Clinton has repeatedly attacked Obama's claimed strengths, attempting to knock him from his transformative pedestal. Some of the attacks have had an impact, especially among the white working class, Hillary Clinton's base, raising questions about Obama's viability in a general election...
...crew in New England.“It’s really nice to have that recognition,” Dolbec said. “It’s nice to know all the hard work has paid off.”Kovacs took home quite a bit of hardware from the event. “Kyle was not only All-New England, but he also won the senior trophy, which is basically a combination of sportsmanship and talent,” Garrity explained. “And even greater than that, he was the New England sailor...
...enter politics, because of his ideas, because of his riches, so it created envy in politics. Thaksin used another way to run the country. Chuan [Leekpai, Thaksin's predecessor as Prime Minister] used the "bureaucracy way." Everything had to be by law first. But Thaksin [took] a little bit of risk - we call it a "commercialized way." No one thought [Thaksin's economic policies would have] success, but they did. But when [Thaksin won another] term, [the political establishment] thought Thaksin would stay forever. That's why a handful of the military staged a coup...