21.   The candidates described a country in ruins, with an economy of crony capitalism and a justice system mired in corruption.

22.   The fund would also put a stop to crony capitalism, the practice of making loans for political purposes.

23.   The rise of crony capitalism in the ashes of failed socialism is hardly unique to Myanmar.

24.   The scandals show what a challenge it will be to uproot crony capitalism in Mexico.

25.   They like their kind of gas station, which has kept a lot of people employed and preserved social harmony, by using crony capitalism and walls of protection.

26.   Ultimately, the invisible hand of the marketplace will have to compel Putin to abandon the rigged system of crony capitalism he inherits.

27.   When Russia replaces its present crony capitalism with free enterprise under contract law, it will build business confidence.

28.   Yeltsin pays scant heed to the rampant corruption and crony capitalism that marked his rule.

29.   Asean leaders have been accused of doing little or nothing to rid their systems of crony capitalism and other forms of corruption.

30.   But then again, the days of crony capitalism are perhaps over, as witness the recent collapse of Peregrine Investment Hold-ings based in Hong Kong.