Word: countrymen
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...entirely appropriate that discussion over the appointment of Iraq's new interim government was laced with its own special irony: The two men at the top of the list announced Tuesday were just last month ranked bottom of a list of potential leaders - by their own countrymen...
Roosevelt delayed D-day for so long not to punish the Russians but to protect Americans--and to lay the groundwork for the U.S.'s postwar international leadership. He knew all too well that his isolationist countrymen had scuttled Woodrow Wilson's bid to claim that leadership after World War I. He was worried that demanding too great a sacrifice in World War II might once again sour the nation on assuming its international responsibilities. Then all his painstaking work to wean Americans from their provincial ways would be squandered and the world once again rendered unsafe for democracy...
...DIED. ENRIQUE ZOBEL, 77, Filipino industrialist who, as president of Ayala Corp., helped transform a swampy outskirt of Manila into the city's financial district; in Muntinlupa, Philippines. A scion of the wealthy Zobel de Ayala family, Enzo, as he was known by his countrymen, had a reputation as a high-flying but hard-working tycoon who later became a generous philanthropist, particularly after a polo accident in 1991 left him paralyzed from the neck down. Recalled fellow Manila businessman Guillermo Luz: "He was proud to be the working rich...
...former All-American and three-time NCAA qualifier, Rechul qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials after winning the East Regional. While he is unlikely to join his countrymen in Greece, Rechul did beat Melvin Douglas—who came in fifth at the U.S. Nationals—earlier in the year...
...failed to mention Jesus' role as a messianic reformer of the Jewish faith. He addressed his countrymen and their hopes for release from occupation by the hated Romans. That brought him into direct conflict with Rome, and that is why he was killed by the Roman method of crucifixion. ROGER PAYNE London