Word: gambia
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Today, famine is rampant in Ethiopia, the African nations of the Sahel (Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta), Gambia and in areas of Tanzania and Kenya. Near famine also plagues Bolivia, Syria, Yemen and Nigeria. One poor harvest could bring massive hunger to India, the Sudan, Guyana, Somalia, Guinea and Zaire. In two dozen other nations, the populace faces chronic food shortages. Among them: Bangladesh, Iran, Indonesia, the Philippines and Haiti...
Centerforward Percy Coker from Gambia, scored both of Exeter's goals early in the second half to provide his team with the winning margin...
Thomas started playing soccer in Gambia when he was five, and because he was one of the smallest in the pick-up games, his first position was goalie. As he got bigger he moved to fullback and then halfback, and he didn't become a regular lineman until he was fifteen, when the Augustinian Soccer Club, the champions of the first division amateur league, decided that they needed another forward...
...Gambia the fans are not nearly as interested with scoring as they are here in America. They are much more appreciative of a defensive play or the pass at midfield which sets up a goal. I adopted the role of scorer, but as far as the fans were concerned, by the time I got the ball, the play was already a finished product," Thomas said...
...Rein is following an old Harvard strategy. He has turned to Bathurst, Gambia (Thomas and Gomez's home country) for three of his starting players...