Nor is it likely to countenance the presence of a hostile, independent state on its doorstep, one susceptible to the influence of rival great powers.

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But the Federal Communications Commission and the State and Commerce departments are also among the most susceptible to cherry picking by lobbying firms.

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The reform he proposed would create unified state police forces and eliminate municipal police, who federal officials have said are very susceptible to corruption because of their low salaries.

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The murder has also shed light on the fact that state prisons in Texas and across the South have become purveyors of white supremacy, recruiting susceptible men into violent gangs such as the Aryan Brotherhood.

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China may be susceptible, suggests Dr Cong Cao, a specialist on the sociology of science in China at the State University of New York, because academics expect to advance according to the number, not the quality, of their published works.

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