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...level of corruption dwarfs anything in the colonial past. The result, says C.S. Whitaker, a Nigeria specialist at the University of Southern California, is a complete disconnection between honest effort and rewards. Nigerians see that a small number of well-connected, self- styled yuppies have enriched themselves enough from graft to own fleets of Mercedes color-coordinated with every suit in their wardrobe, while college graduates cannot find work. Many young Ibo men, traditionally among the best educated in the country, are abandoning college to pursue more lucrative professions like drug smuggling. "The result is a tremendous loss of talent...
...have to certify that the plants are free of viruslike microorganisms known as viroids, must wait until the trees bear fruit and check the apples and pears for viroid scarring and spotting. Agriculture Department scientists announced that they have developed a test that takes only two months: botanists graft a branch of the imported tree to a healthy plant, let it grow, then examine sap from a new twig or leaf for viroids...
...egregious in New York City that the state refused to release $600 million dollars earmarked for building new municipal schools unless the city created a separate agency charged with overseeing the construction. Ironically, many large cities originally delegated more power to local school boards in order to fight graft. In so many instances, they merely replaced corrupt professionals with corrupt amateurs...
...many cases, perhaps the majority of cases, school board posts fall in the hands of people with no plans for graft and corruption, and no policy agenda to speak of. These elected officials are simply self-important loudmouths who lack the foggiest idea of how to run a school. Attend a meeting of a board full of these types-chances are you won't have to go far to find one-and you'll see new irony in the phrase "collective intelligence...
...just look at the fines as the price of doing business. It's like paying graft."--Bill Laimbeer...