Word: riches
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...want it to be a curse," he said. That curse, or resource curse, as economists call it, describes a tendency for countries with abundant natural resources to be more corrupt, more prone to violence and unrest, and more iniquitous and impoverished than those without, something evident across the oil-rich states of West Africa. While corruption thrives in Ghana, it is encouraging that both candidates recognize the potential pitfalls of oil. Ghana has some experience in natural resources: it is the world's second-biggest cocoa producer, after neighboring Cote d"Ivoire, and Africa's second biggest gold producer, after...
...Nixon's life was defined by a me-vs.-them resentment. In his mind, the 1960 presidential campaign was the battle of a Quaker poor boy, son of a grocer, against a Catholic rich kid, son of the whiskey merchant, and little Whittier College against mighty Harvard. (Yet after that very close election, which Kennedy won with some questionable vote counts in the crucial state of Illinois, Nixon overruled his aides' urging that he contest the result, saying that any delay in naming a new president would tear the country apart.) He felt scarred by outsider status even when...
...president, even one so rich in inner conflict, is more than the sum of his psychological profile. What he was is less important than what he did in office. And for that, many Democrats hated him. The Vietnam War lasted longer under him than under Johnson; indeed, by the time of the fall of Saigon, he was out of office. The incursions into Cambodia and Laos cost thousands of lives - millions, when Pol Pot turned Cambodia into a nationwide graveyard. His CIA bore responsibility for the killing of Chile's socialist leader Salvador Allende, on Sept...
...spoil the surprise. Each chapter opens another door to our understanding of Shakespeare’s works and thereby the overall influences of literature in our modern culture. It would be unfair to merely say that Garber’s newest text doesn’t disappoint; it is rich with insight and with humor, bringing to life (for the thousandth time, perhaps, but with new light) these texts and stories, taking readers beyond the “to be or not to be.” Whether we know it or try to deny it, Shakespeare?...
...Pakistan, and joined the LeT. The group allegedly trained him in weapons and drafted him into its marine detachment, supposedly organized to infiltrate India by sea. According to the transcript of his statement, supplied by the police, Kasab said, "We were told that our big brother India is so rich and we are dying of poverty and hunger." His family, Kasab claims, was promised some $4,000 if his operation - essentially, a coordinated suicide strike - was a success...