Word: folds
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...days after the meeting in Wana, I attended the transfer of control over the Sons of Iraq - which was definitely a militia - from the U.S. to the Government of Iraq. Many of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) were former Sunni fighters, drawn and brought into the fold after their alienation from the more radical elements of the insurgency. Their attending Major, Ibrahim Mohammed Abdullah, told me that "we are very happy that our good friends the Americans are leaving...
...largest risk factor for heart failure among this group was chronic kidney disease, a condition that is often triggered by untreated diabetes and obesity. Black adults with chronic kidney disease experienced a stunning 20-fold jump in their risk of heart failure, compared with black adults without kidney disease. "Here we have tangible evidence that heart failure in the young is a real dilemma," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, president-elect of the American Heart Association...
...Hamas control. "I understood the feeling behind these critics, but there was no way I would step down," says Awad. "Eurovision is a chance for me as a Palestinian citizen of Israel to be a part of the destiny of this country, and I was not about to fold up into some corner...
...regular staple of Stein Clubs, where his conversation vacillates between sophisticated chatter about fine wine and French films to impassioned rants on his fierce, if somewhat contradictory allegiances to the Boston Red Sox and New York Giants. Verena plays his quieter counterpart, welcoming freshmen like sheep into the fold and secretly accumulating information about everyone in the house so she can strike up conversation at the drop...
...Over the past two decades, much of the world profited from peace, low inflation, and the bringing of billions of people (mostly the emerging middle classes in India, China, and Brazil) into the economic fold. Much of the world also suffered: Globalization has not always encouraged confidence and enhanced security for everyone. “Free trade” too often means tariffs on the primary exports of developing countries. “Development assistance” too often means developing economies must submit to rules that prohibit or hinder investment in their own infrastructure and people?...