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...Saudi monarchy, in part by expanding political power beyond the royal family. He is a strong supporter of the appointed Consultative Council, created by Fahd in 1993 to introduce limited public debate. In line with his distaste for corruption, Abdullah has initiated fiscal reforms designed to end the dubious dealings and royal patronage that have been a prime focus of the growing popular discontent. Besides cutting allowances provided to the estimated 6,000 Saudi princes, he has banned influential relatives from scooping up lucrative government contracts without competitive bidding...
...Using race as a proxy for being disadvantaged is very dubious [in America today]," D'Souza said...
Since the end of apartheid to the present, Harvard has continued its practice of investing in irresponsible multinational corporations. By the end of 1997, Harvard had over $34 million invested in Shell Oil--a world leader in environmental destruction and human rights abuses. Shell Oil's dubious relationship with the military government of Nigeria has led to the importation of arms and paying the military to suppress local civilian opposition, the execution of Nobel peace laureate Ken Saro-wiwa and eight others for speaking out against its oil drilling operations, and environmental destruction which has caused pollution levels in Nigeria...
...somewhere along the way they veer off the narrow path and start clearing new trails of their own. Much as they can still see the original path, there's still some ounce of truth left in their claims, but it's been shrouded by the questionable data and dubious claims that are the hallmark of fanatics the nation over...
...fertilizes an egg, the baby will be a girl; if the latter, a boy. Over the years, fertility gurus have tried to boost production of X- or Y-bearing sperm through diet, or attempted to pick out Ys by their supposedly faster swimming speed or distinct electric charge--with dubious success...