Coolidge told the philanthropists that he was grateful to the group for investing in their own community chest and for paying, when they could, for the poor or weak in their community.

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The 32 elected community school boards, which were especially weak in poor neighbourhoods and often corrupt, will go.

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Others in the international community have joined forces to help the weak Malian forces ward off instability that could reverberate worldwide.

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