There's also a 5% chance that the graft will slip, requiring an additional operation.
Permits were issued and regulations relaxed in exchange for graft as well as commissions.
Spaniards have long suspected that there is graft in their town halls, whichever party runs them.
Blatant graft corrodes voters' support in the rich world for debt relief and aid.
The alternative narrative of nationalism used as a cynical distraction from lawlessness and graft is buried.
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Without a graft, the healing usually takes a lot longer and scar tissue is more noticeable.
How much of the work of city and state government is tarnished by tawdry graft?
It is about the only institution in the country you never hear accused of graft.
Both Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev have talked about tackling graft, but done nothing.
Graft is hardly new in India: the Bofors scandal brought down the government in 1989.
On that day, Aug. 26, Chun received the death penalty for military mutiny, treason and graft.
To be sure, canceling banquets and the like are not the solution to rooting out graft.
Baba Ramdev's anti-graft protest, for example, was being openly backed by right-wing Hindu nationalist organisations.
But instead of fighting graft, the authorities have been battling environmentalists and concerned residents.
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None of this is enough to prove that graft, alone, is scaring off business.
The solution is to cut graft, tackle vested interests and allow markets to work better.
Mr Toledo seems to have lost much of his former zeal for fighting graft.
Like with all transplants, there is a risk that the recipient's body could reject the graft.
As prime minister he presided over a government that acquired a reputation for graft.
The vast and wasteful public sector needs to be privatised to help reduce opportunities for graft.
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This is Graft 2, which he explains stands for "geopavement and railways accelerated testing facility".
The two sons of Kim Dae-jung, the country's most famous modern leader, were imprisoned for graft.
Another big industry, telecoms, is also in crisis, largely thanks to government graft and erratic regulation.
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Some 70% of Venezuela's food is now imported, which generates ample opportunities for graft.
The present one, Marzuki Darusman, at last brought graft charges against Mr Suharto last week.
Making things worse, poor farmers also face rampant graft and a growing tax burden.
True, outgoing procurator general Zhang Siqing droned on about the graft cases being pursued against senior officials.
Many Pakistanis agree that only draconian measures will make a dent in graft -- and declining law-and-order.
Political tension has weakened the economy and accusations of graft and nepotism by junta members have surfaced.
As other countries, such as Britain, bring in tough anti-graft laws like America's, the trend will continue.
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