Word: third-world
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...size of the state of Delaware, the contrast between rich and poor is appalling. Just 10 minutes outside Beirut in the Palestinian camps or the Shiite suburbs or 90 minutes outside of Beirut to either the rural north or the south, you realize why Lebanon is still a third-world country. One university researcher here estimates that 90 percent of the population lives below the government poverty line. And that figure would be much higher if it wasn’t for the fact that remittances sent from Lebanese abroad make up 24 percent of Lebanon?...
...before, you’ll win again,” said David Goodman, who helped found the dining hall workers union during his time at Harvard. “This is an important cause. You shouldn’t be getting a world-class education while people are getting third-world wages...
...also opposed the creation of a third-world center at a time when other universities were instituting them, he criticized the College for admitting too many unqualified black students, and he was often chided for not being militant or political enough in pushing for equality...
...Anybody got any other questions?” Summers joked, eliciting laughs, before going on to answer a question about the now-infamous 1991 World Bank memo he signed which argued that third-world countries should be more heavily polluted...
...also opposed the creation of a third-world center at a time when other universities were instituting them, he criticized the College for admitting too many unqualified black students and he was often chided for not being militant or political enough in pushing for equality...