Word: exist
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...work because the Jackson problem won't go away even if Jackson decides to run for mayor. The "Jackson problem" is not one radical, provocative candidate preaching the agenda of the poor and oppressed and frightening away middle-class whites. The problem is that the poor and oppressed really exist. And they won't go away, even if Jackson does...
...seem like yesterday's news. This time, however, the prospect of mass starvation is not just the caprice of nature but is largely the work of man. Drought and crop failures have not gone unnoticed. Wealthy donor nations have pledged hundreds of thousands of tons of foodstuffs. Distribution networks exist to allocate the food. Relief convoys stand ready to move it. All that separates millions of malnourished Ethiopians and Sudanese from the food that could save their lives is a handful of stubborn men: President Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia, Lieut. General Omar Hassan el Bashir, the head of Sudan...
What makes this situation doubly frustrating is that distribution networks now exist in Eritrea and Tigre -- if only the government would put them to use. But the organizations are controlled by the rebel fronts. The Mengistu government might be less obdurate if the food were funneled through the Joint Relief Partnership, a group of five Ethiopian churches without ties to any of the rebel groups. In response to heavy international pressure, Mengistu hinted that the government might work with the churches to open "corridors of safe passage" through the hardest-hit regions. But he has yet to give formal approval...
...outdated television sets and computers would not be competitive in the world market. Western corporations might be invited to form joint ventures, but there is no reason to believe they would pour huge amounts of capital into a country as small and remote as Lithuania while more lucrative opportunities exist in Eastern Europe's larger nations. Foreign assistance would help, but the U.S. track record -- George Bush originally offered Poland a mere $119 million -- is hardly auspicious for a nation with a population one-tenth that of Poland...
...Massachusetts is in a situation largely because of a political factor, not an economic one," Keverian said. "Our governor ran for president. He talked about an economic miracle. It turned out after his defeat for the presidency the miracle did not exist. People thought he lied. I don't People thought we lied. We didn...