Word: correctionals
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...wrong," Summers says. "I thought if you could have areas where there was long-term substantial unemployment, then that raised some questions about the functioning of markets." In essence, Summers saw in unemployment a chance to explore how markets don't work - and to think about policies that could correct for the failures. Perfect training...
...exasperated Sauer declared in the complaint that he repeatedly tried to draw the line. "There needs to be a clear understanding, acknowledgment, and willingness to correct the financial deficiencies built into this thing by the business development people," he wrote in one e-mail to top executives, according to the court document. "You are going to have to go into the margin - either commit to spending the money, or pull the plug on this now before ArmorGroup looks more stupid than a box of rocks." (See pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
...eight "deficiency letters" in July 2007, the same month ArmorGroup took over embassy security. But after each complaint, the company somehow persuaded the State Department that the problems were being addressed. In April 2008 the State Department's contracting officer warned this was the company's "final opportunity" to correct shortcomings, and a September 2008 letter declared termination was being considered. In the end, however, the department renewed the contract until July...
...although a scientist is supposed to be subjective and lack empathy, I've always thought this is wrong. It's the empathy you feel with a living, individual being that really helps you understand. Then you can use your scientific training to find out if your intuition is correct...
...everything from the quality of the education, to lack of student services, to dingy student accommodation, to not being paid the correct hourly rate," Unni says. Pawan Luthra, chief executive of the local Indian community newspaper, Indian Link, agrees. "If even 0.1% of the $15 billion or so earned by Australia from the sector had been invested in safeguards and [better conditions], this situation would not have occurred ... Coal and iron are commodities, but these are human beings, with feelings and emotions. They need to be protected...