Word: inferior
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...attention of the world. While Nigeria's oil industry has produced billionaires, mostly from majority ethnic groups, the people of the Delta are left in penury. All the wealth is stolen and controlled by the majority tribes, who look down on the people of that region as inferior. It is the oil that Nigeria values, not the people. What the Nigerian state does to the people of the Niger Delta is abhorrent and pathetic. Akanimo Akan Lagos...
...distrust of its institutions? We try every day--by our actions, by the quality of the company we create, by our innovation--to address that learned helplessness and learned dependency and say, Wait a minute. Just because we're a black-owned bank doesn't mean we're an inferior bank. Then they think, Wait a minute. Maybe I can use other indigenous corporations. And that's where the whole phenomenon of recycling dollars in the community starts to take place--a foundation of building a sustainable economic-development cycle. That's how you start to build...
...still has a big lead in quantity of atomic explosive and its Air Force has a better chance than the enemy's of getting weapons on target. But this superiority soon will be reduced in effect because the inferior power may be able to cripple the superior one. Both might be smashed, but neither has any sure or even probable defense against the other...
...government has not been able to create opportunities for employment. The young are considered unreliable workers who have to be hired under different terms. The pro-testers in France have had enough of people telling them they are only kids. They have been dependent on their parents and felt inferior for too long. They just want to be full citizens. Noélie Buisson-Descombes St. Etienne, France While you cited cultural, social and economic reasons that young, educated Italians under 40 still live with their parents, you failed to mention the outdated and inadequate teaching system. Since education doesn...
...University Hall’s plan fell into place Friday, with the release of student group office assignments in the Quad’s Hilles building. These assignments provide even more conclusive evidence that McLoughlin’s plan must be scrapped. Office space in Hilles is simply inferior to office space in the Yard. And even with Hilles’ conversion, demand for office space is so great that preserving Yard space is necessary to house all student groups satisfactorily.The assistant dean has consistently and unconvincingly argued that the office space in Hilles will be superior to Yard office...