Word: developable
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...sewage is being piped into the water and trash is being dumped onto the sand. "People pay their money, and the government closes their eyes," Mourn says. Government officials say they are aware of the growing problem. "The coast is not so good now because of the fast development," says Prak Visal, who heads the Sihanoukville branch of a regional coastal-management project. Solid-waste dumping, mangrove destruction, unsustainable fishing practices and illegal logging are a few of the challenges he says the area faces. But slowing things down? Not an option. "We protect, but we develop, too," Prak says...
...chairman and group CEO of Kuwait-based mobile-phone operator Zain, argued that the greater political challenge may be internal, with Gulf countries making poor progress toward democratic reform. While the region has built key "hardware" such as roads, schools and skyscrapers, al-Barrak said it has yet to develop the "software" required to fulfil its potential - an efficient legal system, regulatory transparency and free elections. "That is what creates sustainability," said al-Barrak. "That anchors the future." He also criticized the Gulf's bloated public sector, joking that Kuwait has so many government employees that...
...eschew a strong racial identity? Not everybody thinks so. "All adopted children face challenges with being adopted," says R. Richard Banks, a Stanford Law professor and author of The Color of Desire: Fulfilling Adoptive Parents' Racial Preferences through Discriminatory State Action. "To some people, saying we want children to develop a positive identity means a positive racial identity. But it could be a good thing not to have a strong racial identity. The difference is a reflection of our beliefs about what black people should be and what white people should...
...understand that students cannot really appreciate what is involved in creating a new course, or even significantly changing an existing course–nor should they. But having 15 faculty members enthusiastically and successfully develop courses during this transitional academic year represents an extraordinary, even heroic, effort on their part. Many others have already begun laying the foundations of course development for courses that will be offered in academic year 2009-2010 and beyond...
...hand report that White House Press Secretary Dana Perino strongly denied. On the Hill Thursday, Petraeus listed Iran as key to the top two security concerns facing Central Command, and mentioned nuclear worries in particular. "The lack of transparency in efforts by countries such as Iran and Syria to develop their nuclear programs is a major concern," he said...