Word: lamentable
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...newly independent Africa were far richer and better developed than the countries that would later become Asia's tigers. In the late 1950s, Ghana's per capita gdp was equivalent to South Korea's; today it is around $550 compared with South Korea's $16,000. Nigerians still lament that they once had a massive palm oil industry but that Asian countries such as Malaysia, which were better run and less corrupt, have long overtaken them...
Patricia O’Brien and Joseph L. Badaracco, who announced Monday night that they would step down as co-masters of Currier House, will be missed at Harvard College. Though we respect their decision, which was made for personal and professional reasons, we cannot but lament the imminent loss of two of the College’s strongest advocates for students...
...That lament is sung across Europe. Far from enjoying the economic recovery, millions of working people are feeling squeezed, and their disgruntlement is becoming the hottest social and political issue of the day. Asked to name their biggest worries in a Novatris/Harris poll last month, French, Germans and Italians all put "increased cost of living" at the top of the list, ahead of unemployment, security, pensions or immigration. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin recently called "purchasing power" the nation's top priority, and the issue has become the central theme of the presidential election campaign, with candidates on both...
...great. Apparently, on a tiny release like this, listeners miss out on features that have defined Ward’s LPs since 1999’s “Duet for Guitars #2.” Here, there are no whimsical instrumentals, no surf-tinged laments, and a lot less of M. Ward’s signature old-timey feel. It doesn’t take a Luddite to lament this transition—at least at first. “Post-War” is a beautiful album, but on “To Go Home?...
...largest part, Bush. He crossed up the Democrats. They expected him to stay the Rumsfeld-Abizaid-Casey course in Iraq. Or, they thought, he might accede to the Iraq Study Group, admit errors and lead us to gradual defeat. Neither would have required Democrats to do anything much except lament the lamentable situation into which Bush had got us. Instead, Bush replaced Rumsfeld, rejected the Iraq Study Group's slow-motion-withdrawal option and chose to try a new strategy for victory, backed by a troop surge. The Democrats were genuinely shocked that Bush wouldn't behave...