Word: unfairness
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...such as Nepal and Bangladesh are warning that they could be facing disaster. On Oct. 1, they took their case to a WTO council meeting and asked for the commission of a study looking into the impact of phasing out quotas. Many South Asian countries say they're fighting unfair competition. Bangladeshi exporter Ghulam Faruq believes, like many others, that China manipulates its currency to keep it undervalued against the U.S. dollar, thereby making its exports cheaper than Bangladesh's. But even if its currency were to rise against the dollar, China would still have tremendous advantages. According to data...
...sort of. By exposing the many problems in election procedures, it forced the country to make critical reforms for the first time in decades. Unfortunately, the reforms have not gone far enough, in part because the parties have been fighting, worried the other side is trying to gain an unfair advantage, and also because there hasn?t been enough time. Then too, since 9/11, many Americans haven?t considered voting reform the nation?s top priority...
...seem unfair to hold Kerry to a higher standard than Bush, whose distortions of the truth are frequent and brazen. The President was dead wrong about Kerry's health-insurance proposal, which isn't even remotely a "government" plan. It is, in fact, a direct descendant of the tax credits for health insurance offered by Senate Republicans to counter "Hillarycare...
...isn’t this line of attack unfair? After all, Bush has been raising the call for national energy independence since long before Kerry’s convention pot shot. Indeed, the president has declared his intention to make America less dependent on foreign oil in all three of his State of the Union addresses. So is Bush for real...
...broken down"; and he opposed the controversial law banning Muslim head scarves and other overt religious symbols in French schools. "You can't solve problems and enforce security through repressive measures alone," Sarkozy says. "I believe those who work more should earn more. But I also feel those facing unfair disadvantages and barriers should be helped to break through them until everyone is getting the same chances. I'm more for equity than equality. If that's an ideology, then you can label me with it." Sarkozy will find his political courage tested if he does get the chance...