Word: wolfowitzes
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...Paul Wolfowitz has always been something of a dreamer...
...intellectual architect of the Iraq war, Wolfowitz more than anyone else gets the credit - and the blame - for the idea that the U.S. could in short order create a working democracy from a nation long stapled together by force and fear. That optimistic notion hasn't worked out so well...
...Bank, hoping in part to salvage his reputation, the onetime ambassador to Indonesia announced that the number one threat to democracy and development around the world was corruption. Maybe so, but making corruption the World Bank's public enemy number one left longtime bank veterans rolling their eyes at Wolfowitz's naivete...
...centuries of Portuguese colonialism-was trumpeted as a future tourism destination. In 2004, the U.N.'s troops began withdrawing (though peacekeepers returned after last spring's violence), and East Timor was hailed as the little nation that could. The euphoria lasted long enough for World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz to visit Dili last year and proclaim: "It really is a remarkable story. In just a few years, the people of [East Timor] have built a functioning economy and a vibrant democracy from the ashes and destruction...
...Wolfowitz's salary, according to the bank's most recent annual report...