Word: importances
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...improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles. And, so far, the kinds of ideas floated by U.S. and European politicians - gas-tax breaks or increasing use of biofuels - have not yet been broached in Cameroon. Instead, politicians in Yaoundé have tried to ease the burden by cutting taxes and import duties on basic foods. And they have promised to review fuel prices and to build more refineries to boost fuel supplies. Although Cameroon has rich offshore oil deposits of its own, it has only one refinery in the Atlantic port of Limbe, the output from which is largely exported...
...Cameroon is hardly alone among its African neighbors in needing to import gasoline despite possessing huge oil deposits of its own. But building new refineries could take years, and require many millions of dollars in foreign aid. Until then, Gwat is hoping gas prices do not rise much further. "I spend a lot of my earnings on fuel," he says. "I earn well, but still it is only 150,000 francs [about $353] a month." And given what he pays to fill up in Yaoundé, he'd gladly settle for the new U.S. average price...
...Faculty’s apathy, whose abysmally low attendance characterized the few meetings that were held. The Faculty are entrusted with a tremendous responsibility with the power to vote on all of these issues. If they were willing to commit a few hours every month to issues of such import, there would be no need for quorum to be even as low as one-sixth, let alone one-eighth. The institutional inertia affects not only the issues that were put off, such as the quorum vote, but also issues that have received insufficient oversight from the Faculty this year, such...
...more. As if it were the last Harry Potter book, the SATC publicists have begged critics not to reveal the intricacies of the plot. So, trying to balance journalism and gallantry, I am providing a rundown, but with certain words or phrases anagrammed in boldface to obscure their import - you can find the corrected words at the bottom of the piece. Let the nosy piss (synopsis) begin...
...partially explaining its much-discussed $2.7 billion current-account deficit. "If my father decides to build a garage onto his house, it will almost show up in national accounts," she quips. So imagine the impact of constructing two large aluminum smelters from 2005 to 2007. Those projects required the import of generators and other materials, and amounted to 35% of the nation's GDP. With aluminum prices higher than ever before, those smelters will soon turn profits - and boost national income...