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...everyone is reassured. The benefits of growth have not trickled down far enough, and most of Ghana is still poor. There are few roads in the north of the country. Few homes in the capital Accra have working sewers. Frustration over all this, say some, is made only deeper by the oil discovery. At a presentation on the election at the independent think-tank, the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, earlier this year, the political analyst and former director of the country's Narcotic Control Board, K. B. Quantson, warned: "Ghana should not delude itself that it is living well...
...November alone, pension plans lost about $130 billion, marking the second consecutive month of record declines, according to a new report from Mercer, the financial consulting firm. The companies Mercer studied - those in the Standard & Poor's 1,500 index, which includes household names like 3M and Coca Cola - reported their pension plans ended 2007 with a $60 billion surplus. So the swiftness of this year's decline is astonishing. (Read "Is It OK to Pray for Your...
...Developing] countries are poor compared to the United States and other highly developed countries, and so in addition to thinking about it in terms of efficiency or cost effectiveness, there’s an issue of distributional equity,” Stavins said. “And also, you could say it’s our responsibility for what’s already up there, because of our own process of industrialization...
...conducting dance instruction with the school’s “specials”—played by children with Downs Syndrome—probably won’t help either. I’m not going to make any excuses for Lilley’s poor taste, nor for my own laughter. Though there is still a slight learning curve to understanding Australian humor, the transition is nearly effortless compared to any number of British TV sitcoms. British humor has always been a kind of a cliché in America, one with a tendency of living...
...women had landed back on the bed and were struggling furiously. Roxanna had succeeded in pulling off half of Felicity’s dress but had still not managed to free herself. When Frederick finally burst through the door, Felicity was straddling Roxanna. Her hands grasped at the poor girl’s throat. Roxanna writhed beneath her, shrieking.Momentarily stunned, Frederick finally recovered and inserted himself between the two women. “Enough!” he shouted. “Enough!” He pulled Felicity off Roxanna and cradled the chambermaid in his arms. Felicity, undaunted...