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...money--staggering amounts of it--into political campaigns, lobbying and state ballot initiatives. This combination has helped create the out-of-control world of Indian gaming, a world where the leaders of newly wealthy tribes have so much political power that they can flout the rights of neighboring communities, poorer tribes and even some of their own members. Their political clout also helps them protect a chaotic gaming system that has served them well, one that is characterized by overburdened and underfunded watchdog agencies, a mishmash of regulations and a lack of financial accountability. As a result, Washington often ignores...
...gaming windfall. Others are seeking new reservations--some in areas where they never lived, occasionally even in other states--solely to build a casino. And leaders of small, newly wealthy tribes now have so much unregulated cash and political clout that they can ride roughshod over neighboring communities, poorer tribes and even their own members...
...reached here in Copenhagen represents the E.U. at its best: leadership, solidarity and determination," said European Commission President Romano Prodi. The Union will need plenty more of the same. Pending ratification of the accession agreements by both new and existing member governments, the E.U. will be much bigger, far poorer on average, and in even more dire need of reform of its sclerotic and often unfathomable decision-making processes. "This will from now on be a fundamentally different union," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "It has to be." One of the 10 new members is Cyprus, which has been...
Global income disparity is just as great, with half the world’s population living on $2 a day. The gross domestic product per capita in America is just under $35,000. In other words, average Americans earn 48 times as much as people in the poorer half the world’s population. Corporate CEOs who make upwards of $100 million per year are worth as much as 14,700 people from the world’s poorer half...
...government and public health, as long as the donation is earmarked for priorities identified by the schools’ deans. As a result, these schools will likely receive an influx of major, much-needed donations for professorships, collaborative academic activity and financial aid. In addition to helping the smaller, poorer schools, this change makes eminent sense; such a generous donation to any of the University’s critical academic priorities ought to count for class credit...