Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...government were to pursue those businessmen, the amount of imported powdered cocaine would decrease, lowering the amount of crack on American streets, he said...
...Connor (157) and Caputo (184) breezed through their brackets with characteristic ease, reminding the field of their All-American status. But both faced challenges before they were done, as O’Connor pulled out a tough 3-1 victory in the finals, while Caputo fell 4-3 in the semifinals...
Baylor University Law Professor Mark W. Osler delivered a litany of criticism against the American approach to prosecuting cocaine-related charges before an audience of students at Harvard Law School yesterday...
...Palestinian National Security Force overseen by U.S. Lieut. General Keith Dayton is the key to any peace agreement, according to American diplomats and Israeli defense officials. In its two years of existence, the security force, derisively termed "Dayton's men" by the Palestinians, has managed to soothe Israeli fears that it could be used as a resistance army against Israel and has impressed the Israelis with its willingness to enforce calm on the West Bank. But Dayton and others have warned that the force derives its motivation - and its ability to withstand charges by fellow Palestinians that it is doing...
Ndesandjo had shunned the limelight until now. He is one of two children born to Barack Obama Sr. and his third wife, an American teacher named Ruth Nidesand, whom Obama Sr. met while the two were students at Harvard. Tall and slim like the President, Ndesandjo had avoided any association with the Obama name. For most of his life, he used only his stepfather's Tanzanian surname, Ndesandjo, but he has now added Okoth, a word from the language of his father's Kenyan tribe, the Luo, as well as his original surname, Obama. (See Barack Obama's family tree...