Word: corrupting
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...Political clans also scorn accountability. Benazir Bhutto's past two terms in office as Pakistan's Prime Minister were marked by massive corruption - under her rule, Transparency International ranked Pakistan as the world's second most corrupt nation, after Nigeria. Corruption can occur in any political system, but dynastic politics makes it worse. An expectation of entitlement reduces a politician's fear that he or she will be caught robbing the till, and the certainty that their sons or daughters will follow provides even more security that he or she will be protected from any future attempts to investigate corruption...
...Paul's popularity can't necessarily be explained by a previously undetected craving for gold-standard debates on college campuses. His message, even if packaged in obscure economic lectures, is that there is something very corrupt, very Halliburton-Blackwatery going on with our military-industrial complex, and that can attract some pretty weird followers. At the Iowa State event, a student stood outside in a tricornered hat and Revolutionary War-era suit, ringing a bell. Representative Tom Tancredo, another long-shot G.O.P. candidate, tells me that after a debate in New Hampshire, one of his staffers walked...
...never going to work. 6. Snape had a huge porn collection. That’s the real reason why the potions storeroom was always locked. 7. Butterbeer is 150 proof alcohol... No wonder it’s so popular. 8. Harry, Ron, and Hermione used Party Funds to corrupt Hogwarts first-years! Sound familiar? 9. Fleur Delacour is bulimic. No one can put away bouillabaise like that. 10. Hermione has a unibrow, but her “magic” skills (read: tweezers and makeup!) fixed that. 11. Ginny can be sweet and nasty... 12. Ron has a soft spot...
...have the ability to send a satellite to the moon, why is it so difficult to send all corrupt officials to prison?' WU MINGFA, a farmer from Xichang, China. The country launched its first lunar probe...
...have the ability to send a satellite to the moon, why is it so difficult to send all corrupt officials to prison...