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...dismiss corrupt officials, improve law and order and use foreign aid money to build long-promised roads, dams, bridges and schools. This would win back many Afghans and stall the Taliban's advance. But it wouldn't be easy. To secure victory in these elections, the President had to indebt himself to the very warlords who are strangling the country with their greed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Afghanistan's Elections | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...build the roads, dams, bridges and schools that he and the international community have long promised but never delivered. This would win back many Afghans and stall the Taliban's advance. But it won't be easy. To secure victory in the recent election, the President had to indebt himself to the very warlords who are strangling the country with their greed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the U.S. Still Work with Afghanistan's Karzai? | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...government's efforts to grant KwaZulu "independence," a move that would deprive the Zulus of their South African citizenship as well as of a nationwide political role. In 1981 he refused a government offer to build an administration building for KwaZulu in Ulundi, the capital, fearing that acceptance would indebt him to Pretoria. Instead, the homeland saved $18 million from tax revenues and constructed a building adorned with murals and carved wooden doors that is widely viewed as one of the most elegant structures in South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Voice for Compromise | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Harvard's class of 1998 walked out of the Yardat Commencement loan-heavy, an average $16,500 indebt...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Students Answer The $2K Question | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...recent $360 million five-year Campaign hashelped the budget office beef up faculty salaries,said Corvey. But the debt burden of the Campaignstill haunts the Faculty, with over $2 million indebt service to be payed next year. The total costfor fund drives, including the debt, will amountto $4.7 million...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: FAS Budget Hits $168M; Faculty Pay Hiked by 6% | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

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