Yet it also provides an important way to shake up ossified economies.
An important factor in keeping these elements together has been Mr Anwar himself.A former deputy prime minister, he fell out with his mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, during the Asian financial crisis in 1998, and emerged as the leading advocate of reformasi fundamental reform of an ossified, corrupt political system.
Ms Hirono, who had previously retired from the race but then came back in, sneaked past a primary challenge from Ed Case, a conservative Democrat, by 2,600 votes in September.One target for the Republicans' Ms Lingle is the state's ossified schools: its pupils come 39th out of the country's 50 states in reading, 35th in maths.
Updates are generated automatically as new financial information is disclosed.Many of RapidRatings' clients use it precisely because it is not an NRSRO, says Mr Gellert, and so is not bound by the ossified systems that entails.
The most ossified of all the public services is undergoing the biggest shake-up in its history.
Germany's ossified labour market, pension, tax and health systems, left virtually untouched under Mr Kohl, were all crying out for reform.
Netas beyond Congress share the blame for paralysis.Now add unhelpful babus, bureaucrats working in an ossified system bequeathed by Britain.
Instead, the visitor moves into a huge room brimming with cold-war imagery: China's accomplishments in space, its Olympic successes and a diorama of military hardware with a video display of marching troops.Such ossified official thinking contrasts with a lively debate among Chinese intellectuals about where the country should be heading.
More striking was the injection of reformist blood into the ossified school and court systems.
"Now it is a Polish firm wanting something done quickly".The second test is getting enough graduates of sufficient quality out of ossified education systems.
The government has begun to tackle such cartels, but if it is to convince Chileans that they are getting a fair share of the country's growth, it will need to be much tougher.The biggest question in Chile is whether the political system has become too ossified to make the reforms the country needs to address these frustrations without stifling growth.
