Word: america
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...There is a lively debate in both countries as to what that relationship will look like. As Obama said, "Some in China think that America will try to contain China's ambitions; some in America think that there is something to fear in a rising China." Part of the difficulty in predicting the future is that China is not the only Asian power with which the U.S. has to deal. For decades, Washington is going to have to play a demanding diplomatic game in which it maintains good relations with China, with India (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's recent...
...most surprising result so far might be that Latin America's leftists have abandoned their usual line of accusing Washington of meddling and are lamenting that it hasn't done enough. "Do something, Obama. This is in your hands," Venezuelan firebrand Hugo Chávez groaned on his television show. The Obama Administration argues it has taken action by cutting off military aid to Honduras and revoking the diplomatic visas of several officials. But U.S. conservatives have argued against more punitive steps, saying Zelaya was a menace who had to be taken down. The coup was launched as the leftist leader...
...North Carolina An Alleged Jihad, Made In America His neighbors knew Daniel Boyd as a friendly drywall contractor devoted to his family. But prosecutors in North Carolina depict the 39-year-old as a would-be terrorist bent on murder abroad. Boyd, a U.S.-born convert to Islam, and seven other men were accused of stockpiling weapons and training for "violent jihad" overseas. The accused--all but one of whom are U.S. citizens--include two of Boyd's sons. Authorities say Boyd, the alleged ringleader, received terrorism training in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he fought against the Soviets 20 years...
...that sense, if not a direct personification, George Bush is a sort of avatar for the neighborhood—defined by a bottomless fortune but smitten by the idea of middle America, eternally elite but a self-identified rebellion against the establishment, a possessor of the best social pedigree but a proponent of an even larger cowboy veneer...
...same kiryana shop for 18 years." There are many reasons customers like Kaur prefer their kiryana shops: they deliver for free, even for small orders; they allow regular customers credit; and they are close by and personal. "He knows us so well," she says. "When my daughter went to America to study, he called to ask, 'Madam, is your daughter not home? You haven't been ordering cheese singles!' If I run out of shampoo or detergent, I can just phone him, and he'll send a boy with the stuff, free of charge...