Ballast: Weight added to a boat to enhance stability. âThe J/24 has 950 pounds of lead ballast.â. Berth: A sleeping area on a boat. Also, a place where a boat is tied up. âWe slept in the forward berth while John and Amy slept in the quarter berthâ or âWe keep our boat in a berth at McDoodleâs Marina.â.
Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since âPower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutelyâ (1887) From: Acton-Creighton Correspondence (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton)
Corruption is a worldwide and damaging phenomenon. âThe abuse of entrusted power for private gainâ (TI 2009:24) distorts public and private sector activities, creating potentially important efficiency and equity problems (Shleifer and Vishny 1993; Mauro 1995; Svensson 2005; Olken and Pande 2012).