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...Chávez granted Crystallex the concession in 2002 for a bargain $15 million. But company executives cannot open Las Cristinas because, among other reasons, the Chávez government has not granted the necessary environmental permits, which, so far, have been mired in bureaucratic review. One problem may be the chronic concern, as government officials have said privately, that foreign companies like Crystallex rarely create as many jobs as promised. For now, Crystallex complains it must sit idly by while its lodes are being picked at by illegal miners the government seems unable or unwilling to stop--workers Crystallex says...
...lazy,” he says.But Ledlie thinks the University community and its police force could do more.“The problem could be improved by the police and the community looking out,” he says.In the meantime, everyone is hoping for a solution to this chronic problem. “One bike lost is a real injury to the person who loses it,” Kirshner says. “Have you had a bike stolen? It is like getting kicked in the gut.”—Staff writer Matthew S. Blumenthal...
Collignon added that the French government must target the isolation causing the nation’s chronic unemployment and job discrimination...
Smith added that while French leaders have derided the American economic system for years, he “wonder[s] if they still think that” in light of France’s chronic unemployment...
...Lions’ minus-18), total offense (435 yards to 201), and third-down conversions, for example (4-of-8 to 7-of-18). But while the Lions led on passing and dominated on kickoff returns, they rarely had either momentum or field position, thanks to a severe and chronic case of butterfingers. Over the course of the game, Columbia turned the ball over five times—three times on interceptions, twice on fumbles—in addition to punting five times and failing to convert on fourth down twice—and Harvard scored two of its touchdowns...