Word: membership
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...group has maintained its original membership since 1993 (U-God, RZA, Raekwon, Method Man, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA/Genius, and Ghostface) minus the notable absence of Ol’ Dirty Bastard who died...
...further political purpose arose of helping the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, newly emancipated from the Soviet empire, to make the transition to freedom, capitalism and security by embedding them in that same European structure. That, too, has been largely achieved - with their security further buttressed by membership of NATO...
Earlier gang cultures defined themselves by clothing, musical taste or - in the case of some skinhead groups - right-wing politics. Today's gangs aren't even that discriminating, determining fitness for membership by nothing more meaningful than postal codes. Hanad Ahmed and Tashan Edwards, both 14, live in east London. "I can't bring friends around my area because I'm putting them in danger, as well as myself," says Ahmed, who lives in a different district from his school. "If they don't live in the same postcode, there's a chance they'll get robbed...
...Nearly two decades after the end of the cold war - which NATO decisively won without firing a shot in anger - the business of refocusing the alliance remains a work in progress. NATO forces are involved in peacekeeping in the Balkans, and its political leaders are concerned with extending its membership (in the teeth of Russian opposition) to post-Soviet states such as Georgia and Ukraine. But at a time of increasing Taliban activity in southern Afghan provinces such as Uruzgan, and a growing fatigue on the part of those nations that have troops in the area (and which are suffering...
...feel like you’re the only one that thinks a certain way, the likelihood of you speaking out in a group is less,” Rankin said.Because the male voice can resonate loudly with other males, HMAR’s identity revolves around its all-male membership at its weekly meetings, said member Austin D. McLeod ’09. The group also meets weekly with the predominantly female OSAPR Student Alliance.MEN OF THE FUTUREStill in its early stages, HMAR has been actively recruiting new members, mostly through word-of-mouth.While the group has sent recruitment invites to different...