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...Mezzogiorno are the maladies of Italy. It's just a question of degree: what is gray in Italy is black in the south." Indeed, entrenched nationwide ills like tax evasion, cumbersome bureaucracy and a self-serving political class are of a piece with the south's blight - crime and blatant corruption. Neither the public nor private sectors have been modernized in Italy, as they have been elsewhere in Europe, explains Fabrizio Barca, a senior Italian Economy Ministry official. "The north has found ways to compensate for this, and can be competitive in spite of the state of country," he says...
...Zimbabwe is not North Korea. There is only so much rigging that can be done in what the regime wants to ensure appears like a democratic exercise. So the M.D.C.'s move should be seen as a pre-emptive tactical one. It hopes to make blatant what it alleges will be widespread rigging should Mugabe eventually be declared the winner. Or, by announcing the results of urban areas - where it has most support - it hopes to build momentum, in order make any possible rigging difficult, or at least conspicuously unpopular...
...from academic transgressions to sexual and behavioral misconduct. A diversity of issues suggests for a diversity of needs—who is to say that a student facing the Ad Board for plagiarism requires the same attention as a student facing the Ad Board for drug abuse? Beyond its blatant disregard for student growth and rehabilitation, this policy further demonstrates how out of touch with student interests the Ad Board is. Unfortunately, the sole avenue for feedback—the required letter of reflection that the Ad Board evaluates prior to reinstating a student’s registration?...
...always, donations do play a role in funding judges’ campaigns. All too frequently, however, judicial candidates will receive contributions from firms or attorneys who will potentially present cases, or at least play a role, in their prospective courtrooms. Of course, this eventuality would constitute a blatant conflict of interest, and tarnish any presumed objectivity in the judge. Worse, this unfortunate effect is not a matter of speculation, but a reality attested to by many in the justice system: According to a 1999 report, 48 percent of Texas judges and 79 percent of Texas attorneys think that campaign contributions...
...There was a lot of conversation about whether he was a racist, or whether was he just ignorant," says Crosby. The ensuing cultural discourse, and subsequent condemnation of Lott's comments, fascinated Crosby, and prompted her research. "How do we figure out what is discrimination?" she asked. More blatant offenses or extreme examples such as hate crimes are easier to determine. Crosby, however, wanted to home in on the nuanced and ambiguous circumstances more common in everyday life...