Word: khaddafy
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...suggestions, arguably, was: "Approach with caution any word that ends with ly.") For consistency, numbers below 13 are always spelled out, and contractions are avoided, except in quotations. Particularly troublesome are transliterations from such languages as Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In TIME, Libya's leader is Gaddafi, not Gadaffi, Khaddafi or Khadafy...
When Col. Moammar Khaddafi staged a coup in Libya in 1969, the United States determined that the new government would be favorable to oil interests, and actively encouraged Bechtel to continue its oil industry work there. In the 1970s, when the Arab boycott of Israel prompted legislation in Congress to punish companies that severed links with Israel to pander to Arab countries, Bechtel successfully lobbied against the proposed bill...
...true cop show quest: avenging the attempted murder of his partner. The first half hour of the film is inspired, from the hilarious credit sequence to Nielsen's first scene, in which he foils an anti-American plot by some of America's most notorious enemies such as Muammar Khaddafi and Idi Amin. The attempted killing of Nielsen's partner (O.J. Simpson) is a slapstick tour-de-force...
...always revelled in the destruction of Atlanta in "Gone with the Wind" but now I'm partial to the "Battle of New Orleans"--90 shots of the most dazzling bursts and bangs since American fights blew away Khaddafi's tent. The Cub Scouts gathering in a shack nearby gave it a standing ovation...
...Lady: You know, nuke him, like that Aquino fellow. Do unto him like he did to Aquino, I always say. Blame it on the Commies. You blame everything else on the Commies. So does he. Or get Khaddafi to do it. He'll try anything, like Mikey. He's the Antichrist ya'know. I saw it in a movie...