Word: bureaucratice
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The past two heads of the U.N. humanitarian mission in Iraq have resigned, complaining that the program is hopelessly ineffective, not because of Hussein's deliberate interference, but because of bureaucratic incompetence and failing infrastructure. At the same time, others have observed that although the U.N. has set up stringent...
The anti-globalization movement serves up plenty of hot rhetoric but also some disturbing truths. Street protesters have it exactly right, for example, when they argue that the economic policies imposed on developing nations by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have hammered the poor. Using loans and the...
A Faculty advisory committee on University spending would do much to dispel such suspicions. While it might seem like only adding another bureaucratic arm to the entire process, such a committee would undoubtedly lead to a greater sense of trust between the two groups, and perhaps a fairer, wiser and...
Moreover, the U.S. Congress and legislators in other wealthy nations have been slow to vote the funds that could substantially lighten loan burdens. And even when money has been forthcoming, the heavily indebted recipients must often submit to grueling belt-tightening regimens to qualify for assistance. "These programs have nothing...
Under sniper fire during an embassy demonstration in Yemen, a Marine colonel (Samuel L. Jackson) orders his men to shoot at the demonstrators; 83 Yemenis are killed. At the colonel's court martial, his attorney (Tommy Lee Jones) cries bureaucratic cover-up--which the script, from a story by former...