Word: impoverish
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...always original and meaningful, but the illustration for " Italy vs. China," depicting Michelangelo's David and a Chinese terracotta soldier arm wrestling, was extraordinary. My congratulations to the artist. Montano Riva Barbaran Longare, Italy The competition between these two countries will serve only to enrich the profiteers and impoverish the rest of us. China pays low wages and has weak environmental standards. Its practices keep the poor poor. That isn't progress; it's modern-day slavery. Gerd Schönthaler Remscheid, Germany Car Trouble Your article "How GM Can Fix Itself" did a fine job of enumerating the problems...
...which depends on agriculture, from competing in the global market, stifling income generation that could be used for future investment and much-needed medical care. Rather than acknowledging these problems, Summers resorted to blaming the victims, saying that the developing countries themselves impose the very barriers to trade that impoverish them...
...Opinions differ on how much of the U.S. church might depart if a schism occurs - Anderson estimates 30% and liberals describe "a militant fringe." But any exodus is likely to spark dozens of lawsuits for control of church assets, including real estate and pension funds. Legal fees alone could impoverish both sides. Liberals also warn that Third World churches risk cutting off the channels of funding from the West. The insurgents are ready to take the risk. "This is simony," says Bernard Malango, the primate of Central Africa. "Let the powerful people keep their money." He and other conservative primates...
...Medicare surplus, which both parties have agreed should be saved to help fulfill future obligations. This money would be useless in responding to any "contingencies," since spending it would be equivalent to raiding the Medicare fund. The Medicare system is already in danger, and there is no reason to impoverish it further...
...Africa, the environmental leaders I met with described how desperate shortages of human and financial capital impoverish both their peoples--and their land. The resulting loss of biodiversity, they noted, carries a price for us all. For instance, the rosy periwinkle, a plant native to Madagascar, has proved potent against childhood leukemia. Yet other rare species on this small island nation, most found nowhere else on Earth, are disappearing faster than scientists can catalogue them. The U.S. is working to help developing nations build their economies by preserving, rather than destroying, their natural endowments. But we and other nations must...