Word: localitis
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...automatically deposited into a U.S. bank account, you can use an ATM card to withdraw it. Once you are abroad, Medicare will not pay for any medical expenses. In some countries expats are able to participate in the national insurance plan or health system. Many retirees simply pay local doctors as they go and return to the U.S. for any serious problem. A number of companies, like BUPA International, will provide coverage to expats; organizations like American Citizens Abroad can help them find a plan...
...Florida's law school, he worked as a prosecutor and a federal bankruptcy judge before being appointed to the circuit court in 1989 by Republican Governor Bob Martinez. Two events shaped Sauls' life: the 1993 death of his 16-year-old daughter in a car accident, and a local scandal in 1998, when the state supreme court removed him as the circuit's chief judge for his "continuing disruption in the administration of justice." He had been accused of playing favorites and unfairly firing the local court administrator. He stayed on as a judge but kept a low profile--until...
...Powerful and corrupt, these officials from Fenghuo village in northwestern Shaanxi province have consistently blocked all attempts by Wu Fang to bring them to justice. When a Chinese newspaper wrote a story sympathetic to her case in 1996, the village sued for libel--and won last June in a local court. "Everywhere in China there are outside factors that interfere with legal cases," says Wang Weiguo, professor of political science and law at China University in Beijing, who represented the newspaper in the case...
...centuries China's rulers have struggled with corruption and lawlessness across their empire. Entire dynasties have collapsed after losing control over unruly provincial governors, warlords and self-enriching local officials. Today China's Communist Party is facing the same old nightmare--rampant abuse of power by officials at all levels and a growing level of discontent among ordinary people over the unaccountability of those who rule them. Every month sees protests by farmers or workers against graft and illegal tax gouging by local officials. President Jiang Zemin fears corruption could mobilize angry masses nationwide against the Communist Party and even...
...accused him of trying to buy votes. Now some taxpayers are returning the money--to school districts. The debt-stricken Philadelphia school district has already received more than $42,000 in rebate checks--mostly from suburbanites who say they feel underfunded city schools need the money more than their local schools...