"The next few weeks will be an acid test for the host cities, " added Valcke, who has clashed with Brazilian authorities in the past when questioning the delay in preparations for FIFA's forthcoming events.
Hailed several years ago as a breakthrough immunotherapy for prostate cancer, its Provenge vaccine seemed likely to win FDA approval five years ago until an unusual turn of events prompted the agency to issue a delay.
That delay made it possible for the family members of other loved ones to convey the events that had happened in New York and Washington to the people on flight 93.
No amount of economic aid, no Marshall Plan, would have prevented events from taking their course, for the money would either have been spent to delay reforms or ended up in the pockets of highly placed thieves.