Word: corruptable
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...life that we too often take for granted, but the fact that we are here, at one of history’s greatest institutions of learning. Although we may have acquired countless accolades in our relatively short lives, teenagers abroad with as much talent and ambition are hamstrung by corrupt governments and hampered by illnesses that the Western world has long since conquered...
...Bollywood matured, or have I become more tolerant of Indian pop culture? The answer is probably a little of both. The vast majority of Hindi movies continue to be overly sentimental mush-fests involving Hindu-Muslim tensions, corrupt politicians, forbidden loves or a combination of all three. But my movie tastes back home, as any of my friends can tell you, were never exactly high-brow (even if you excuse Dude, Where’s My Car? as a temporary fit of insanity). And the several Indian friends I have made in Bangalore have taken it upon themselves to explain...
...number of African Americans killed by police each year has fallen by more than half, according to the Justice Department, from a rate of about 11 per million to 5 per million in 1998. With a few notable exceptions--Los Angeles, for one--most departments are less corrupt and more accountable than ever...
...work has produced and for their country's reemergence as a world power. Playing Olympic host, along with China's expected acceptance into the World Trade Organization, are two markers of the country's triumphant arrival. If some of that credit rebounds to a Communist Party that is deeply corrupt and unwilling to allow even the trappings of democracy, so it goes. "Chinese people might dislike their government," says author Wang Xiaodong, "but when they consider China's place in the world, their interests are the same...
...blueprint and an air-cleanup program to purify an atmosphere so filled with soot that the skies periodically rain mud. Beijing has no history of building such facilities effectively. Its most high-profile construction project of the past decade, Oriental Plaza in the city center, was so rife with corruption that an investigation brought down Beijing's party chief and nearly the whole city leadership. The I.O.C., for its part, is still reeling from a vote-buying scandal connected with next year's Salt Lake City Games. "The Olympics are about construction contracts, and this is a perfect marriage...