Economic boom spreads wealth wider in Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Just three years ago, a new car and an overseas holiday were unthinkable luxuries for J. Ante and her family of six. The insurance company manager's commissions have soared since then as the Philippines, blighted for a generation by venal and incompetent leaders, has unexpectedly boomed, putting middle-class comforts within tantalizing reach of many.
July 4, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
From the West looking East: Jim Crow’s spiffed-up, presentable heir I t’s understandable that conservatives, from Chief Justice John Roberts to chief pundit George Will, today think of racism as a thing of the past — a “post-racial” society, this is. After all, Jim Crow molders in the grave — he of the dirty dungarees, the night rides, the venal proxies in elected office. It’s too bad that those who presume to have the nation’s pulse on these matters don’t ...
July 4, 2013 - The Sierra Vista Herald
Boom spreads wealth wider in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Just three years ago a new car and an overseas holiday were unthinkable luxuries for J. Ante and her family of six. The insurance company manager's commissions have soared since then as the Philippines, blighted for a generation by venal and incompetent leaders, has unexpectedly boomed, putting middle class comforts within tantalizing reach of many.
July 3, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Helen Mirren in Contactmusic.com In a few months from now, Karnataka will elect a new legislative assembly. Everybody is aware of how the BJP, which had emerged as the single largest party in 2004, became a victim of betrayal of a venal of political opportunism. I have no doubt... LK Advani http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHjrGuscylMGBZnAHhoRj05FbmgXQ Khabrein.info http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.khabrein.info/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D10394%26Itemid%3D88&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGvvzvWFxflsUbLlU9jMFiG2eCV4A Dec 28, 2007
107414 140886 venal Mirren says, I am fascinated by the notion of playing Camilla. It made me ashamed for my country that people could be so venal and nasty."
Peter Yarrow in San Jose Mercury News That was venal and disgusting, although I will defend their right to be as venal and disgusting as they want to be in this so-called parody,said Yarrow, 70, at the Sunday night party.