Word: majority
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...that's debatable: Frank Haddad (played byTony Shalhoub), Hubbard's FBI Lebanese-AmericanMuslim sidekick, is a very positive, humorous andhuman portrayal of the first major non-terroristMuslim character in a Hollywood movie. The mostpowerful moment in the film shows Haddad searchingthe internment center frantically for his 13year-old son, a natural-born American citizen,whom the Army seized from his own home duringtheir round-up. I put myself in his son's placeand imagined my father as Frank--both came to thiscountry 20 years ago, both became naturalizedcitizens and both made their careers in theservice of others. My eyes began...
Luckily for the company there have been few accidents involving the ducks, while on the road. "We've had a few bumps and scratches, but no major accidents," the sales representative told FM. The problem that appears to be most prevalent is engines stalling during the river component of the tour. "We've had a few problems with ducks getting stuck in the river, but they run every 15 minutes so another one is bound to come along and help their stranded buddy. And the tour continues...
...part of a major upgrade of call boxes around campus, Harvard's Office of Physical Resources (OPR) will install new police assistance phones in the Quad and near the river Houses...
Since 1958, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria has conducted extensive oil drilling operations that have yielded 900 million barrels of crude oil from the land in which they live, known as Ogoniland. The World Bank reports that Nigeria suffers about 300 major oil spills a year, turning the "breadbasket of Nigeria" into a blackened and largely infertile wasteland...
Some calls lead to extended and cordial conversations. I have often talked to an English Department member at a small Georgia college who somehow lacked the pretensions of his opposite number at Harvard. He and I (an English major) found ourselves to have many interests in common and he actually invited me to come visit...