Sentences with phrase «local corruption»

That includes never challenging local corruption or asking why our children are being brain - washed by public schools.

Both counties have seen local corruption investigations.

In the days following the earthquake, all fingers were pointed at lax building codes and the possibility of local corruption.

After Joey's sister Edie (Eva Marie Saint) confronts him, local priest Father Barry (Karl Malden) takes on local corruption despite the vicious opposition of Friendly and his goons.

There's even a BradleyGate website — oops, no, that's about alleged local corruption in Wolverhampton, wherever that is (and, no, I don't care).

The Daily Beast covers the decline of the local press and why «it's going to be a field day for local corruption.»

Romeo has clearly given up on the idea of Romania being part of the better world he dreams of, and he's quietly complicit in various local corruptions without always realizing it.

Nassau lawmakers on Monday narrowly approved paying nearly $ 400,000 more to a company whose county contract is the focus of federal and local corruption investigations.

Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's office said.

Nassau lawmakers yesterday narrowly approved paying nearly $ 400,000 more to a company whose county contract is the focus of federal and local corruption investigations.

Local corruption can complicate matters, enabling contractors to get away with using substandard materials or deviating from mandated parameters.

The study also determined that local corruption has a less negative effect on industries that sell primarily to the government, suggesting a quid pro quo relationship in which firms pay bribes to public officials with the understanding that they will benefit in some way.

Spotlight is that rare journalistic procedural that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as «All the President's Men,» and while the movie never glamorizes or makes saints of its hard - working newsgatherers, it does stand as a reminder of the power and importance of a free press, particularly in ferreting out local corruption and malfeasance.

Heanel has reaped critical plaudits for her performance as a daffy Riviera detective plunging into romantic entanglement as she digs up the dirt on a local corruption, involving her late husband, a supposedly heroic cop.

Best known for urban blight and local corruption, Camden has an unemployment rate of 17 percent and 35 percent of its 80,000 inhabitants live below the poverty line.

Local corruption was part of the reason why many of Sichuan's buildings were not built to standards.

You may at times feel like you are at the mercy of the elements — from hurricanes and thunderstorms to local corruption.