Word: mende
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...Nothing is usual in the Philippines these days. On the face of things, the country is doing well enough. After decades of uneven growth, the economy finally seems on the mend. Meanwhile, the festering insurgencies in the country's south, which have claimed more than 160,000 lives since the 1970s, have entered an uneasy lull. In recent weeks, however, the Arroyo administration has been beset by fresh allegations of corruption, giving the impression of a government under siege. Last week, former President Fidel Ramos, a widely respected figure, warned Arroyo that she was losing public trust: "I have told...
...effects on the body - have helped boost breast cancer rates worldwide. Countries that make liberal use of pesticides are now paying the price in rising rates of breast cancer. We need insight into the causes of this insidious disease so we can pressure farmers and governments to mend their ways. Bill Murray, Wellington...
...raising film finance; big production houses such as UTV and Adlabs have recently raised money by listing on the stock exchange and some producers are even tying up with Hollywood studios. Neelesh Misra, a journalist and lyricist, whose story based on a young, ailing professor who helps his students mend their lives has been bought by a leading production house, says, "Ten years back if you told a producer you had a story starting with a dying professor, they'd show you the door. Now, they are seeking out scriptwriters who'd give them something fresh...
...Political paralysis followed as the squabbling Orange leaders failed to mend their fences, leaving Yanukovych to build a legislative majority coalition to elect him premier. As Orange deputies defected en masse to the Yanukovych-led coalition, it threatened to grow powerful enough to marginalize the President. Yuschenko responded by dissolving the legislature and calling a new election...
Harvard students are nothing if not resourceful. Little surprise, then, when last year around this time some enterprising members of the Undergraduate Council (UC) decided once and for all to mend a long-festering, but otherwise unaddressed problem: course books are expensive...