Word: fixes
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...confiscated fields were used to build new schools or clean water projects. Instead, they complain, the money is often diverted by local officials. And few corruption investigations lead to sentencing, not least because officials tend to protect their own. Farmers who once trusted the central government's ability to fix problems find their faith in the system dimming and their anger rising. "They had been told that reform was coming, so they were patient," says Philip Brown, an economist who studies rural China and teaches at Colby College. "But now they see that the reforms don't go far enough...
STICK 'EM UP Starfrit's Quick Fix spatulas ($3 to $5) clamp to the edge of a pot to keep drippings off the counter and help minimize mess. The head is made of silicone--the hot material in today's kitchens--so it won't melt into the tomato sauce...
...group within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers charged with making short-term repairs to the levee system by the start of storm season. To date, the Corps has signed nearly $400 million in repair contracts. All around town its crews can be seen working to restore levees, fix flood walls and install interim floodgates and bypass pumps. But for months the mantra around New Orleans has been that in the longer term, the city must have more--namely storm protection sufficient to resist a Category 5 storm. (Katrina was at most a Category 4 when it hit land...
...just fix that piece in the middle where we let them back in,” Freese said, “we can start rolling through teams like we did last year...
...There are 125 recommendations in here, most of which are aimed at improving communications and the command structure of the federal government before and during a disaster. This means that the report is laced with procedural jargon. But, alas, churning through mind-numbing details is the only way to fix a massive bureaucracy...