Word: gibraltarism
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...GIBRALTAR Loyalty Cards Some 20,000 people, over two-thirds of the population, took to the streets of the Rock to protest talks taking place between London and Madrid on the future of the last colony in Europe. Gibraltarians are fiercely loyal to Britain and are fearful that the mother country is about to agree joint sovereignty with Spain over the rock that guards the entrance to the Mediterranean. The Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, told the Union flag-waving crowd, "Gibraltar is not Britain's to give away, nor is it Spain's to take. It is ours...
...offense to "undermine the authority" of the President or engender hostility toward him. In Harare, 35 people protesting proposed changes to election procedures were arrested by police on charges of public violence. SPAIN Is Britain Rock-Weary? Signaling a new readiness to explore giving up Britain's sovereignty of Gibraltar, the U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Pique in Barcelona. Straw said the Rock, held by Britain since 1704, would be returned to Spanish control if its 30,000 inhabitants voted in favor in a referendum. Gibraltar's elected Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, boycotted...
...then, is this Rock of Gibraltar of world order showing so much wear of late? Every day it seems the headlines reveal another nasty fissure. When the U.S. and Britain bombed Iraq two weeks ago, they didn't even inform France or Germany in advance. The French Foreign Minister, Hubert Védrine, denounced the raid last week as having "no legal basis"-so much for solidarity. European leaders are deeply anxious about Washington's plans to build a limited missile shield, but the Bush Administration has said bluntly that while it's willing to talk over the details...
Much like her off-screen persona, Madonna plays Abbie, a single yoga instructor with a long history of unsuccessful relationships. Abbie's Rock of Gibraltar is her best friend Robert (Everett), a gay landscape architect who has not been so lucky in love himself. The two are best friends in every sense of the word-in times of crisis, they rely on one another for solace, comfort and companionship. However, their platonic relationship is soon threatened by the death of a close friend-they consequently drown their sorrows away by indulging in an afternoon of cocktails, dancing and inebriated revelry...
...Cary's feelings of resentment and alienation had hardened long before his brother's return. Of his father, he says, "Before Steve disappeared, I always thought my dad was like the Rock of Gibraltar. Never trembled at all. All of a sudden, this one day, Dec. 4, 1972, my little brother is gone, and my dad is crying all of a sudden. Never saw my dad have a tear in his eye in my whole life. All of a sudden, life changed...