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...lack of motive. In P.N.G., politicians' futures depend on how much funding they can get for their local areas, but Treasurer Bart Philemon has kept a tight rein on public spending. "Some of the M.P.s were expecting a lot more money for things they had promised the electorate," says former politician Bernard Narokobi. "Others were pushing for the economic portfolios. And they are frustrated because they can't get them...
Whether the U.S. can line up the international support it needs will depend on the diplomatic skills of Brahimi, who is due to return to New York City within days to brief the Security Council on the outlines of Iraq's new political structure. Given the Administration's original ambitions for remaking the Middle East in Iraq's image, Brahimi is an unlikely savior. Despite his talents as a diplomat, he is a symbol of the secular Arab status quo, and as a member of Algeria's governing council in 1992, he helped put down Islamic radicals who were starting...
...CLAIM You'll lose weight successfully if you do it your way. But diets that claim you can eat all you want and still lose weight--or depend on such unscientific treatments as body wraps, injections and fat-burning supplements--are probably unreliable...
...example of resource-rich neighbors that have squandered their wealth or been strangled by corruption: "Without a strong institutional footing, high levels of public investment would be dangerous." Idleness will not be tolerated either, he says. "We need to push the people to work for their livelihood, not to depend on social spending...
...heavily on American consumers borrowing money to buy mainland-made washing machines, toys, consumer electronics and other goods. Take away U.S. shoppers and you reduce not only China's major source of demand to feed its factories but also the spending power of newly minted mainland consumers whose livelihoods depend, directly or indirectly, upon the assembly lines running at full throttle...