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...dual roles—Catholic conspirator and president of the HRDC—are sometimes conflated. “It all sounds so stupid—I’m peeing on trash cans and taking off my shirt and lifting weights.” (Margo’s corrupt Cardinal confesses to the Duke’s lover while sitting on a toilet...
...major businessman has officially entered politics in India," says P.S. Jayaramu, a professor of political science at Bangalore University. For many, Mallya could be the welcome harbinger of a new kind of reformer ready to storm Indian politics with private wealth and a pledge to clean up a corrupt system. For many others, though, his campaign is remarkable for one reason only: comic relief...
...course, this goes against our ingrained tight-fistedness when it comes to helping the global poor. But in fact, trade enthusiasts ought to recognize that in the long run, such aid would serve U.S. national interests. By choosing to stand by while corrupt regimes enrich and empower themselves instead of promoting growth and development, we are missing opportunities to gain productive trade partners and new markets for our own exports...
...greedy and self-serving. There was only one protester who chose to emphasize the plight of the American forces in his opposition to the war in Iraq, with a sign that, “Our troops shouldn’t have to die for Bush’s corrupt policies,” but he was noticeably quiet in the otherwise boisterous crowd and his rickety sign, smaller than a piece of computer paper, hardly grabbed the attention of the large banners deriding other negative aspects...
...greedy and self-serving. There was only one protester who chose to emphasize the plight of the American forces in his opposition to the war in Iraq, with a sign that, “Our troops shouldn’t have to die for Bush’s corrupt policies,” but he was noticeably quiet in the otherwise boisterous crowd and his rickety sign, smaller than a piece of computer paper, hardly grabbed the attention of the large banners deriding other negative aspects...