According to a new paper by Peter Leeson and Russell Sobel of West Virginia University, natural disasters not only wreck property and disrupt lives, but also encourage graft. The academics compared the rate at which public officials were convicted for corruption in different states with the geographical distribution of natural disasters. Their correlation was striking. States which see lots of disasters, such as Mississippi, Florida and South Dakota, are also the most corrupt.
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Foreign carmakers, meanwhile, have found fertile ground in the South, building factories in states such as Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
与此同时，外国汽车制造商发现了美国南部沃土，在阿拉巴马、密西西比、田纳西等州建立工厂。
Mississippi is a poor state and often lands at or near the bottom of national lists on such matters as rural poverty, educational achievement and school financing.
密西西比是一个贫穷州。在那里，乡村贫穷、教育成就和学校的财政支持大都处于全国最低的水平或者接近最低的水平。
Popular governors such as Mitch Daniels of Indiana, Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Chris Christie of New Jersey and Rick Perry of Texas chose not to run when Mr Obama looked unbeatable.
由于奥巴马看似不可战胜，诸如印第安纳州州长米奇·丹尼尔斯，密西西比州州长巴博，新泽西州州长克里斯蒂，德克萨斯州州长瑞克·派瑞这些颇受追捧的州长并未参加提名选举。
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