Word: preparedness
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The report was prepared for the National Bureau of Economic Research by Harvard economics professors Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-De-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer and a professor at the University of Chicago, Robert Vishny. It is based on data compiled from more than 150 countries.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua: Hurricane Mitch may have ratcheted up its casualty figures by faking out Central American authorities. "Mitch came from the east, which was where people prepared," says TIME reporter Lorraine Orlandi. "But most of the damage actually occurred on the west coast." The hurricane's behavior was also atypical...
Most of the illegals are from rural districts where jobs are limited, and the temptations of China's already crowded cities--and America's streets of gold--are impossible to resist. They aren't prepared for the harshness of the life they find in New York City, according to Yung...
The editorial did much more to point fingers at The Crimson's favorite targets, "our precious final clubs" and Harvard administrators, than to address the efficacy of such government policies. Is The Crimson prepared to have the same scrutiny directed toward itself or its own "beverage-laden" parties? The editors...
Though hopeful for eventual reunification,Taiwan is prepared for the any possibility.