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...Wednesday, June 20, foreign donors - a collection of foreign governments, multinational banks and various U.N. agencies - promised to funnel $689 million of aid to Cambodia, a 15% increase from last year and an amount roughly equivalent to half the nation's annual budget. This year, they did issue statements chastising the Hun Sen government for failing to adequately battle widespread graft. Cambodia ranks No. 151 out of 163 nations surveyed in Transparency International's 2006 government corruption index. Addressing donor representatives gathered in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh this month, Hun Sen promised that long-delayed anti-corruption legislation would...
...elder political statesmen in Kennedy’s wake. To do so, Kennedy should cede some control of the numerous constituent services he provides Massachusetts’ citizens to Kerry’s office. Kennedy should also help Kerry take the lead in crafting legislation that will funnel federal money back into the State. In the past, pork barrel politics have largely fallen within Kennedy’s purview...
...letter this week, FAS faces a deficit that is projected to persist long into the future. That will mean belt tightening for each of its constituent departments and centers. The College must not, however, be left in the dust. The way to improve the student experience is not to funnel all the money to faculty, a perilous policy supported by a ludicrously large number of otherwise-intelligent people. Improvements that directly impact students—which have dramatically enhanced the student experience in recent years—cost comparatively little...
...trying to take this enormous, fantastic play and fit it into our purposes. Mead: We’re not losing anything from the storyline, and, with 10 characters, I think it makes it more intimate. The focal points are the characters, and everything else acts as a funnel to center that focus on the characters. We’re not professionally trained, and a lot of people have packed schedules, so having 10 characters gives us more time to help people develop their language and also develop their characters. The music of the show was important to both directors...
...don’t garner public support on their own. They require courageous leaders who advocate sound policy and ensure that all Americans feel their connection to the war overseas. The first step is to teach voters that supporting the troops means scaling back aspects of our lifestyle that funnel cash to America’s enemies...