For many Chinese, to read or listen to the state-sanctioned account of a national tragedy requires a reappraisal that figures in the government's opacity.
Only Massachusetts and New Hampshire earned an A. With so much carefully guarded and government-shielded opacity on health care prices, it should be no surprise that prices for health care vary as much as they do in the United States, even within small regions and for the same health insurer.
There is even talk of a coming "Gulf Enron".While the stunning opacity of government economic data is increasing the air of uncertainty, Muhammad Alabbar, who heads Emaar, a giant state-controlled property developer, took the rare step of telling people how indebted the country is.
The undeniable opacity of government leads people to think of it as a machine, then to be furious if it malfunctions.
All three, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, are to varying degrees known for government intervention and a clubby opacity.
And near-total opacity for a government anxious to shield from public scrutiny its unholy alliance with G.O.P.-leaning corporate "have- mores".
"We have no indication from the Iraqi authorities that they know". The incident, and the Iraqis' muddy response, reflected the often bewildering opacity of the government, particularly the Interior Ministry, and the murky culture of public safety in Iraq, where the line between legitimate police work and criminal behavior often blurs.
In fact, it appears that the very healthcare cost opacity that our government hoped to reduce is being exploited by entities that should know better.
All of these banks continue to benefit from opacity and massive government support.
Whilst my concerns with our loan pledge are about its constitutionality, my concerns with our budgets and the government's finances center on opacity, omissions and discrepancies.
