21. Chalker said that sustainable development needs stability and the British government realizes the enormity of the task facing South Africans in transforming their country. 22. Estrada, who won the presidency by appealing to the poor and the disenchanted, reiterated his promise to transform the country economically without neglecting the poor. 23. Free market policies reversed years of decline and transformed the country into a leading emerging market. 24. He transformed the country into a constitutional monarchy, built the first modern university, gave women the right to vote, work and get an education. 25. That would allow the elections for local leaders, the final stage of transforming the country from apartheid to majority rule, to proceed as scheduled, Mandela said. 26. The cheaper baht, however, attracted direct foreign investment that transformed the country into a manufacturing center and powered double digit growth rates. 27. The Taliban has been pressing hard to transform the country into a hard-line Islamic republic. 28. The Taliban has been pressing to transform the country into a hard-line Islamic republic. 29. Their business acumen and international links have helped transform Southeast Asian countries from agricultural backwaters into dynamic economies. 30. To them, the monsoon only seems to transform the country from an oven to a steam bath. |