Word: finlandized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee: eight experienced, mature, ferociously strong athletes; Yazmin Farooq, their coxswain, cheerleader and sometime nemesis; and Hartmut Buschbacher, their unsmiling East German coach who really does have a warm and fuzzy center in there somewhere. After taking the gold at the world championships in Tampere, Finland, last August, the Eight--Jennifer Dore, Catriona Fallon, Amy Fuller, Laurel Korholz, Monica Tranel Michini, Kakela and the McCagg twins--know in their heart that they are the ones to beat...
LEAST CORRUPT 1. New Zealand 2. Denmark 3. Sweden 4. Finland 5. Canada 6. Norway 7. Singapore 8. Switzerland 9. Netherlands 10. Austria...
...tracing the header information on the Usenet postings, the detective determined--O.K., this part is murky, we admit--that the messages had originated in Ohio, passed through Florida Online, an Internet provider in the Sunshine State, and then through anon.penet.fi a free E-mail remailer service based in Finland that allows Internet users to post messages anonymously...
LONDON: Germany, Finland, Singapore and New Zealand joined a growing list of countries banning the import of British beef, following an announcement by the British Health Secretary Thursday that the deaths of 10 people from Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), an incurable brain condition, may be linked to "mad cow disease", a bovine brain sickness that has been infecting British herds for the past decade. France, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands announced the ban Thursday. The ban will result in a severe blow to British beef and dairy farmers. France called for a meeting yesterday of the European Union...
...Patriarch of Constantinople --Headquarters in Istanbul --Position: In February, Bartholomew decreed that the Orthodox Church in Estonia was autonomous rather than under the authority of the Russian church, as it had been historically. It would therefore fall under Constantinople's jurisdiction. --Allies: The Estonian government and the church in Finland. While most of the other national churches will do their best to remain neutral, Constantinople may be able to count on Romania, Albania and affiliated congregations for moral support...