Word: corneliu
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...last month approved a proposal in principle to station U.S. troops on its soil. For poor countries only recently emerged from communist rule, the prospect of closer ties with Washington is a powerful enticement: "I have been waiting for the Americans since I was a child," says retired engineer Corneliu Ribu, 74, who lives in Bucharest. "I thought that they would never come." In Germany, rumors that U.S. troops may be leaving in large numbers sent shock waves through some regions. The Rhineland-Palatinate, home to Ramstein air base, organized a committee to convince the Pentagon that staying was cost...