Word: developable
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...choice but to authorize an invasion to enforce its own writ. UN authorization would also create essential political cover for some skeptical allies to sign on for an invasion. That meant the starting point was to send UN arms inspectors back to ascertain whether Iraq has indeed continued to develop weapons of mass destruction. While that point is broadly agreed, the breakdown has been over the terms of those inspections, and how to proceed if they're blocked, with the Russians and French leading a Security Council majority leery of being used simply to create a "trigger" mechanism...
...story goes, Shleifer invested $464,000 in Russian oil companies, securities and equities—an overlap with the area of the Russian economy that he was helping to develop, while Hay put $20,000 into a mutual fund that invested in Russian equities. Hay, it is claimed, also gave a $66,000 check to Shleifer for Russian investments. The woman Hay is now married to, his girlfriend at the time, was the primary owner of the Pallada Mutual Fund Management Company—the first fund registered to sell to the Russian public. Through HIID, Hay oversaw such registrations...
While the ombuds position would turn over from time to time, the professional staffer would serve for a number of years and develop “institutional memory about how discipline and disputes are handled at the University,” he said...
...Ballagan felt that a Bollywood film would be the most effective way to air the subject of sexual health. So she pried $30,000 out of the National Health Service, convinced a prominent Birmingham writer, Rod Dungate, to develop a script, and flew to Bombay. There she roped in producer and director Gautam Verma, known for not shying away from controversial topics. He, in turn, persuaded several top soap stars to take part. "You could see a bit of fear on their faces," recalls Ballagan. "They were wondering if they would ruin their reputations acting in an AIDS movie...
...greater worry than tourism is the long-term damage that could be done to Indonesia's flagging economic competitiveness. The country depends heavily on foreign investment to develop infrastructure, build and run factories, extract oil and gas, and create jobs. But due to the perception that Indonesia is a hostile environment for business, foreign direct investment (FDI) has already plunged from its pre-crisis level of $6.2 billion in 1996. Investors seeking low-cost operations are avoiding the country; most are relocating their factories to China. Last year, Indonesia registered a net FDI outflow of $5.9 billion, making...