Word: ethnicize
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...tragedy of the Sinnathambi family is not unique. Civilian casualties and displacement can occur in any armed conflict, whether the guise is ethnic or religious strife. Once a dispute becomes full-blown war, the weapons industry takes over by supplying arms to both sides of the dividing line. This is a major reason for prolonged conflicts, and in this regard the action of the U.S. government to prevent weapons from reaching the L.T.T.E. is commendable. Jayantha Guruge, Davis, California...
...unexpected reserves lie, rather than their size. The report says about 100 billion barrels of oil and a large amount of gas lie in the Sunni-dominated Al-Anbar province. Until now, Sunni politicians have feared economic devastation if Iraq divided into a federation or imploded into disparate ethnic states, since the territory dominated by their ethnic group was thought to be the only one without large reserves of oil. (Both the Shi'ite south and Kurdish north have productive fields.) "The Western desert has lain dormant," says Colin Lothian, senior analyst on Middle East energy for Wood Mackenzie...
...efforts failed, and the glasnost that accompanied them set loose ethnic strife, rampant nationalism and separatist movements in the republics. In March 1990 Lithuania declared its independence, and Moscow was faced with the possible breakup of the Soviet Union. This threat changed the entire debate about the country's economic and political future, for Gorbachev was not prepared to endorse the dissolution of the Union...
...enjoy performing the most are modern, jazz, hip-hop, or pop inspired, so we always have a lot of requests to do this,” Luo says. “But it’s always part of our core mission to keep alive the tradition of the ethnic dances.” [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...avPalmieri said. Beyond the wealth of musical experience and knowledge that Palmieri offered to students, he also presented a medium for thinking about the implications of Latin jazz. “His presence and his creations are such a mixture of tradition, his personality, but also the ethnic influences he has absorbed. And so I think that it really pulls in the kind of disciplines the students are constantly working with, social, history, economic, cultural investigation, and we get all of these in one artist,” said Everett. This broader social context was one of the themes addressed...