Word: basile
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Americans use 68% more spices today than a decade ago. The consumption of red pepper rose 105%, basil...
Mickey Mouse began life in a steamboat. Mighty Mouse just flew around. Danger Mouse inhabited a red phone booth. Basil lived on Baker Street, and Jerry sneaked into a hole in the wall, hiding from...
Europeans, as the historian Basil Davidson writes, destroyed the moral universe of the continent. Colonialism imposed a different cultural universe with its alien definitions of God and progress and the rule of law. Now postcolonial Africa is defined as being on "the margins" of that universe. But, says Babacar N'Diaye, the president of the African Development Bank, "even if marginalization is true, it is not my concern. What I have to do is to create my self-respect. To create my self-respect is to put my house in order. There is a tremendous venue for intra-African trade...
...Obviously we're really thrilled," Basil said."To have won this honor validates our feeling thatit's great to sell a quality product...
...port. There cargoes supposedly destined for Jordanian companies are loaded onto trucks bound for Iraq. "Saddam is willing to pay a high price," says Jawad Anani, former Jordanian Trade Minister, "and plenty of people here were willing to take high risks in return for the promise of hefty profits." Basil Jardeneh, Jordan's Finance Minister, acknowledged the existence of the front companies, but he insists that "there is nothing in the U.N. sanctions barring financial transactions involving such firms...