Word: broking
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...chaos in Kenya broke out after the elections of December 23rd. [see correction below] According to election officials, incumbent president Mwai Kibaki narrowly beat Odinga in an election that Odinga and many foreign nations claim was rigged. Building resentment towards the Kikuyu, the ethnic group that has dominated Kenyan politics since independence and to which Kibaki belongs, erupted as angry citizens killed more than 300 people before New Years day. Now more than a quarter million Kenyans have been internally displaced...
...split second, Hector’s cry for peace seemed to defy the play’s intractable march towards the Trojan War. The sense of frustration that lingered as diplomacy broke down into violence at the end was the best indicator that the themes of “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place!” really are universal. Almost in spite of sometimes heavy-handed direction and overly emphatic dialogue, “The Trojan War Will Not Take Place!” remained a prescient reminder of how quickly injured honor can devolve into violent...
...discussed giving Khan his own quarters at the Palace and that the Princess was so serious about marrying Khan she asked Burrell to find out if it was possible for them to have a private wedding. But Khan was unwilling to go public with their romance and, frustrated, Diana broke up with him. She started dating Dodi in part, said Burrell, to make Khan jealous. Their courtship "took place on the world stage," he said. "And she was used to the world stage. She knew very well what she was doing." All those tabloid photos of Dodi and Di cavorting...
...remember the climb vividly? I remember it pretty vividly. I remember we almost broke down on the Lhotse Face. George and I and the Sherpas were on the Lhotse Face, and we simply weren't making any progress for a week or so. I persuaded John to let Tenzing and me go up and start things moving again, otherwise we simply weren't going to get anywhere and finally he agreed. We did that and we shot up. It was Tenzing, me and Wilf Noyce. We climbed to 24,000 feet, and we sort of got things rolling again...
...statement that you have to stop doing drugs if you want me in your life," says Carroll. Despite the rebuffs, Bowman continued to email his coach, imploring him at one point just about six months ago, "Come on, Frank, give in." And then the news of his death broke...