Word: silva
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...Welcombe Hotel in Trincomalee. Owned by Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister, the once famous hotel was renovated and reopened in May, and rooms were immediately sold out. In August, however, skirmishes broke out between the LTTE and Muslims in the region. "At once our business dropped," says Rohita De Silva, the hotel's manager. Now the gleaming hotel sits almost entirely deserted, an eerie premonition of what could happen to the country if a few reckless politicians scuttle the peace talks. Even the pugnacious shopkeeper Thavarasan Singham knows he'll have no choice if the shooting resumes. "I'll have...
...done more harm than good for the region's 500 million people in poverty - could revive the failed left-wing economic policies that provoked those free-market reforms in the first place. Brazil, for example, last year elected former labor leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President. In Peru, antiglobalization riots (most often prompted by complaints over industry privatization) have become common. And the "Bolivarian Revolution" of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has brought double-digit economic contraction to that country. As a result, Mesa's support in Bolivia will be fragile at best...
...Kubik was one of the few audience members who didn’t ask about the nature of communist economic oppression, the daunting tasks facing China when (and if) it makes the switch to a capitalist system, or Brazilian labor leader-turned-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. No, Kubik went for a more specific topic...
...Crimson front four owned the line of scrimmage, allowing just 50 rushing yards by the Crusaders’ two main backs Gideon Akande and Steve Silva...
...with Crusaders head coach Dan Allen using as many one running back sets as he does, only O’Neill and Silva will be in the backfield, which means fewer blockers and less time on passing plays. And that means more chances for guys like captain Dante Balestracci to take a shot at O’Neill, whose chances of throwing an accurate pass with No. 48 bearing down on him probably aren’t too good...