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...also asked the Attorney General to take legal action against any banks that are unhealthy, or where there are indications of corruption, regardless of who is behind them. This country will be destroyed if we do not stop the growth of corruption. There needs to be some shock therapy so that the people know that this government is serious about corruption ... We want to improve the investment climate, starting with political stability, improved security, good taxation and economic policies, and legal certainty?sanctity of contracts, and that all dispute-settlement systems are fair...
...defeat wasn’t inevitable, as it would have been a year ago. It should have been no surprise that cornerback Danny Tanner broke up quarterback Dan Shula’s two-point conversion try. Nor would it have been a shock to watch the Big Green push an extra-point effort wide under the same circumstances...
...delivered without the occasional Reaganesque wink, grin or chuckle can seem mean. That night, polling put Kerry’s “personal favorability” rating above Bush’s for the first time. And the president’s scowling, stammering arrogance—his shock and awe that someone in the same room would doubt his judgment—might also call into question the Republicans’ decision to shield Bush from anyone but his most devout supporters for the last four years...
...indirectly on the garment sector for their livelihood, extending the quota system "is a matter of life or death," says Prashant Pokhrel, a Nepali exporter. Experts in Bangladesh fear that anywhere from $1.25 billion to $2.5 billion of that country's annual exports could be lost, with the shock waves rippling through the nation's banking sector and the entire economy. Some 70% of Bangladeshi garment workers are women; many come from backward rural areas. If they lose their jobs and are forced to return home, "many will have no option but to join the underground sex trade," says Nazma...
...also asked the attorney-general to take legal action against any banks that are unhealthy or where there are indications of corruption, regardless of who is behind them. This country will be destroyed if we do not stop the growth of corruption. There needs to be some shock therapy so that the people know that this government is serious about corruption...