And they are prone to poor administration and to "rent-seeking" -attempts by interest groups, officials and other well-connected people to use their position to gain influence or wealth.

它们易于缺乏管理和“寻租”——利益集团、官员和其他关系紧密者通过自己的地位来获取势力和财富的行为。

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Roosevelt created a National Recovery Administration that sought to gain the cooperation of businesses.

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One of the senior Obama officials, who bluntly said the Republican attacks have "frustrated the hell out of me, " asserted that gaining the trust of the family was the best way to handle the case and helped the administration gain valuable intelligence from the suspect, who is believed to have ties to an al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen.

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The new campus president would report directly to SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, bypassing the University at Albany administration, and gain greater freedom to operate.

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However, his minority administration will need to gain the support of other parties to get the proposals through.

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