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Word: cabezas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Nations' failure to keep this promise. The mock referendum infuriated the Moroccans, and brooding on this insult may have had a lot to do with their flag waving on Perejil. The canny Moroccans, of course, are aware that right now Spain needs rock problems like a hole in the cabeza. Their Perejil adventure may have been ended by Spain's superior military strength, but it has enabled them to draw the world's attention to the fact that Spain still holds two enclaves on the north African coast, Ceuta and Melilla. So if Gibraltar is inextricably part of Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rocks and Hard Places | 7/21/2002 | See Source »

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