Word: third-world
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...saddens me to say it, but since the Oslo Accords in 1993, the Occupied Territories have shown a striking resemblance to my country under apartheid rule. The impoverished Palestinians live in squalid third-world conditions alongside the first-world Israeli settlers. Much like the black South Africans under my government’s rule, Palestinians can’t even travel on the same roads as the settlers, and they are confined to tiny Bantustans. When they wish to leave their Bantustan to go to the market, school or work, they are subject to the whims of the Israeli Defense...
...ergonomics, questioning the strong dollar and making fun of day traders, and talked a lot about reforming the tax code along more, shall we say, decipherable lines. He also insisted that with him around, there?d be no more willy-nilly throwing of taxpayers? hard-earned money at floundering third-world economies...
Through his work on behalf of third-world debt relief with Jubilee 2000 and Drop the Debt, Bono has been working to combat the "lack of development in third world economies due to the crushing weight of old debts...
...TOKYO, 2001 New rules will go into effect requiring GM foods to be labeled as such and tested for safety--although the government is also promoting the export of Japanese GM expertise and technology to Third-World nations. Meanwhile, a small anti-GM movement is growing stronger...
...many Cantabrigians the tribulations of the homeless are as far removed of those people in third-world countries...