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Before bad weather or rich countries (lack of aid or global institutional bias) can be blamed for the plight of the globe’s poorest, we must hold domestic governments accountable. Judging by its tumultuous history, miraculous Mozambique should be trailing far behind faltering Zimbabwe. Yet it surges upward while its neighbor spirals downward. Tragically, countries that scoff at the economic Miracle-Gro of individual rights protection and savor the emotional satisfaction of “social rights” rhetoric continue to indulge political lunacy while millions needlessly die of hunger...
...upper level to the lower one. Once the drill bit punches through the ceiling of the lower horizontal shaft, the drill is removed and a 10-ton, 10-ft.-wide reamer with tungsten-carbide teeth is attached. At the upper level, a raisebore machine pulls the rotating reamer slowly upward, carving out a much bigger hole. As the reamer climbs, ore tumbles down the shaft to the lower level, where the scoop tram waits. Once its bucket is full, an operator maneuvers the tram to a scanning station, where the purity of the load is analyzed, and then...
...spite of their hope that The Early Admissions Game will lead to some kind of reform, they say that they do not expect any significant changes in the current upward trend of early applications...
...McGeary added, he thinks that the armed forces do not increase class division, but rather provide many with opportunity for upward mobility...
...apart at the seams. Zu Youming reads from a handwritten sheet listing the times he's been rebuffed by local officials. On the bed lies a petition with red thumbprints beside each signature. Suddenly, from below the house comes the startling sound of exploding dynamite. Su's home heaves upward and his windows rattle. "Don't worry," says the bathhouse owner. "That's just the miners, back from their lunch break." Wangshakes his head. "You see," he says, "This is really no way to live...