Word: corrupting
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...such a low base over the previous half-century that the effect was akin to that of an adrenaline shot on a man whose heart has stopped beating. India would enjoy higher and more sustainable growth rates if it reformed its institutions of governance. Unfortunately, India's universally corrupt political leaders display a singular aversion to undertaking reforms, particularly those of the electoral funding system and the antiquated bureaucracy. Sanjeev Sabhlok, Bulleen, Victoria...
...snooping on a famous playwright and his actress mistress in hopes of getting evidence of political betrayal. Gradually, the spy is drawn into their story--as is the viewer, for this is a gnarly tale of mixed motives, covert conspiracies and sexual deception on both sides. In a corrupt state, no one can be 100% pure...
...know, he is obviously not as ridiculously vanilla as the characters he's played. Like, he's totally not anti-kissing, even though he and Hudgens didn't do it in the first Disney movie. "I'm the last person to think a kiss is going to corrupt any child. Kissing is a great thing," he says. Also, he plays video games. Violent ones. "It's bull____ that guns in video games cause murders. The last thing I would ever do is hurt another person, and online I probably kill 200 guys a day." Moreover, while he plans on starring...
...aspect of the plan that has drawn direct criticism is the idea that a company’s worries about earning a bad reputation from allegations of corrupt governance will act as enough of a check on its power...
Fisman likened elections under his proposal to a choice between, for example, Swiss auditing giant KPMG, and a candidate like Robert Mugabe, the notoriously corrupt President of Zimbabwe...