Word: descent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...valleys of Karabakh is a blood feud with roots that reach deep into the history of the region. In 1915, during the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, Armenians living in Turkish Armenia were deported into the deserts of what is now Syria. At least 1 million people of Armenian descent were either killed or died of starvation, though modern Turkey disputes that figure as exaggerated. Azeris are ethnic cousins of the Turks, and in Karabakh today some Armenian soldiers claim they are continuing the historic battle. "For the Azeris, the only solution is to rid Karabakh of all Armenians, just...
...mandate from our political and business leaders to bash and blame the Japanese has already created grave problems for Americans of Japanese descent...
...Dianne Stewart, president of Harambee, anorganization for students of African descent atthe Harvard Divinity School, said Gomes stanceshould be as important as any other...
...recent film about the making of Apocalypse Now! traced Francis Ford Coppola's descent into madness as the movie and the Cambodian jungle where it was shot became the director's obsession...
...essays in Townships, however, destroyed my stereotype. It contains essays by Jewish writers and by a man of Lebanese descent. I didn't have them in my picture. More importantly, all the essays are bound by the intensely personal and individual nature of their voices, and they emphasize a varied personality and individuality in the Midwest that I never imagined...