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Most of us write it off, in one way or another: as résumé-padding for the political types; as a black hole for good money, good ideas and good intentions; as a self-satisfying parliamentary procedure workshop; as inept, corrupt, self-important, and so on, ad infinitum...
...government borrowed to sustain a mounting deficit, and Rae won the enmity of his own NDP brethren with austere legislation freezing public-sector wages and forcing public servants to take an extra 10 days off each year without pay. Rae has attempted to shed his image as an inept manager, telling the Economic Club of Toronto early in the campaign that balanced budgets, competitive corporate taxes and lower individual income taxes are crucial to sustain the kind of environmental and social programs Canadians cherish...
...service respect paid to other minorities. Several white students at dinner in one of the House dining halls, who asked not to be named, offered their own takes on the stereotype. One said, “Well, they’re science concentrators. They stick together. Socially inept.” Another agreed, “Studious…oh, yeah, asocial, definitely. I mean, that just comes from studying, and not knowing how to talk to people.” A third: “Yeah, I guess I think of them as having broken English...
...Hopkins also got it on the action. Entering the game with six tackles for the season, the corner made four stops on Saturday and grabbed both his first interception and first fumble recovery of the fall. As a unit, the defense came together to make the Dartmouth offense look inept.“They compress the pocket, they rush the passer,” Teevens said. “They get him a little bit out of rhythm and make him rush throws or rush some moves, and it allows them to play coverage...They do a great...
...fighting the KMT's authoritarian rule. How would you compare the current struggle with your earlier one? Before, it was very dangerous to protest; you could get caught and be executed. We struggled for democracy and human rights, and we achieved those goals. Now we face a corrupt and inept government. People are protesting for a clean leader and government...