During his fourteen years in power he changed Venezuela from a poor country with democratic institutions, a rule of law and freedom of the press to an even poorer country with a quasi-dictatorship, no rule of law and no freedom of the press.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: chavismo-without-chavez

Nevertheless, the laws are a poor way to start building a society in Northern Ireland based on respect for the rule of law.

ECONOMIST: Overreact in haste, repent at leisure

As a rule, to legally incorporate a business in a poor country, a person must complete a labyrinthine series of steps, which consumes a great deal of time and money.

FORBES: Making Business Work for the Poor

He had shown that a disregarded politician from a poor state could challenge the easterners' assumption that they were born to rule.

ECONOMIST: George Wallace

Rule of thumb: excessive name paper-dropping is a poor signal.

FORBES: Titles Rarely Given to Blog Posts

As a rule, these stories will not feature visits to vocational training schools that are educating poor people out of poverty.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Is Israeli society unraveling?