Ballast: Weight added to a boat to enhance stability. âThe J/24 has 950 pounds of lead ballast.â. Berth: A sleeping area on a boat. Also, a place where a boat is tied up. âWe slept in the forward berth while John and Amy slept in the quarter berthâ or âWe keep our boat in a berth at McDoodleâs Marina.â.
Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since âPower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutelyâ (1887) From: Acton-Creighton Correspondence (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton)
Why Corruption Matters. WASHINGTON, DC â Pope Francis has called corruption âthe gangrene of a people.â US Secretary of State John Kerry has labeled it a âradicalizer,â because it âdestroys faith in legitimate authority.â And British Prime Minister David Cameron has described it as âone of the greatest enemies of progress in our time.â.