Word: corruptible
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...student at Harvard Business School. In my class, he called former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, a “socialist” and spoke against Social Security, unemployment insurance, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other New Deal innovations. He refused to understand that capitalism becomes corrupt without democratic civic values and ethical restraints...
...says the report exonerates him. Not exactly. The panel clears Annan of any role in securing contracts for Cotecna. But it also spotlights his lax oversight of the corrupt program and makes a strong "adverse finding" that faults him for failing to investigate his son's dealings thoroughly. Annan asked for an in-house probe, which dismissed the issues within a day. An independent inquiry, the report said, would have made it unlikely that Cotecna's contract would have been renewed through...
...victory over rival Boris Spassky. Fischer, whose extradition was sought by the U.S. for violating sanctions against the former Yugoslavia by playing a rematch there against Spassky in 1992, flew to Reykjavik and held a press conference in which he denounced the U.S. as "hypocritical and corrupt...
...decline. It's a trip Maseko makes almost every week, driving the 800 km from Johannesburg to Bulawayo in his blue Toyota minibus. Before setting out, he packs the van with groceries and televisions, furniture and children's toys, carefully concealing envelopes filled with South African rand so the corrupt border guards who inspect his vehicle won't confiscate the money. The cash and consumer goods are gifts from Zimbabwean expatriates in South Africa to their desperate families at home. Maseko, 32, makes roughly $700 from each trip; but for the families in Zimbabwe, where food is scarce and jobs...
...where he is a hero for his 1972 victory over rival Boris Spassky. Fischer, whose extradition was sought by the U.S. for violating sanctions against the former Yugoslavia by playing a re-match there against Spassky in 1992, flew to Reykjavik and publicly denounced the U.S. as "hypocritical and corrupt...