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...managers had previously been hired to guide the growth of the planned institute, which was eventually expected to employ more than 100, and their firing caused rampant speculation that the money would never make it into Harvard's coffers...
...primarily remembered for overseeing one of the worst governments in the Andean nation's modern history. In trying to pull the country out of the economic doldrums, he printed extra money, nationalized banks, and not surprisingly, ended up with four-digit inflation. Those memories are only eclipsed by the rampant terrorism at the hands of the Shining Path, which forced his government to put 75 percent of the country under a state of emergency...
...many Haitians, is how much time Préval has to deliver before the guns that were used to destabilize previous governments reappear on the streets. He faces a daunting challenge in ensuring security and restoring the functioning of government and the economy, while cleansing the corruption that runs rampant throughout the public administration. The price of success will be the creation of many, very dangerous enemies...
...rare in India for parents to do school work of their children. When the project is found to be beyond their caliber, they resort to engaging professionals for the purpose, and any number of children get their grades based on these submissions. The practice is particularly rampant among offspring of “chosen ones”—politicians and employees of giant state-owned corporations, high-profile government officials, and figures at prestigious public sector institutions. Gradually, there has been a drastic decline in moral values in India to the point where no value is attached...
...their philanthropy because their careers are already established. And Shearer also suggested that the effectiveness of celebrity civic engagement hinges on the sincerity of the individual’s commitment. “The question you have to ask is, are you contributing to the culture of inauthenticity rampant in this country?” said Shearer. Political issues can be successfully incorporated into entertainment media like the Simpsons, said Shearer. “But only if you don’t try to tell the audience what to think in the third act,” he added. Shearer...