Word: countrymen
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...February meeting with a visiting delegation of British parliamentarians that the recruitment of Nepali men into their forces had bolstered ties between the two nations, and that he was not in favor of stopping recruitments. But behind closed doors, Nepalese officials still squirm at the thought of their countrymen being paid for fighting another nation's war. "This is an obnoxious practice," said one official from Nepal's Foreign Ministry, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press. "Nepal will find ways provide employment within our country...
...become the world's third-largest economy behind the U.S. and Japan, hosting a successful Olympic Games and conducting its first space walk, you'd think China would be happy. Even the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May 2008 had positive aspects-Chinese volunteered en masse to help their stricken countrymen. (See pictures of China's Sichuan quake: six months later...
...crowd, as is tradition, repeatedly came to its feet. They cheered collectively when Obama spoke again of an "America that does not quit" and when he called on his countrymen to be "something worthy to be remembered." They cheered when he predicted, as others had before him, a "cure for cancer in our time" and when he announced a suite of new initiatives, including the promise of an affordable education for all Americans if they volunteer in their community or serve their country. "By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world...
...week in the London-based Sunday Times alleges that Mugabe and his wife Grace have amassed a string of investments through a shadowy network of partners in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, most likely with funds funneled out of Zimbabwe's coffers. Mugabe is reviled by many of his countrymen and much of the world for the corruption and cronyism of his regime, and extensive U.S. and European Union economic sanctions bar him and his associates from visiting or conducting financial affairs in the West. So the former champion of anticolonial revolution has over the years turned toward the wealthier...
...repairman, thinks a two-year downturn would give the industry a "shot in the arm" that could last 10 to 15 years. But even McFarland is quick to temper his excitement. He too realizes that what's good for the cobbler might be bad for the souls of his countrymen. "The more people we get," he says, "the worse it is out there...