Word: nationals
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...These are extraordinary goals, and given India's population, ones of extraordinary reach. They would task the best-run nation in the world. But ask some Indian officials how the objectives are supposed to be achieved by a public sector that has not - let us put this charitably - always been known for its Prussian efficiency, and you will be told, in effect, "No problem." Past performance (as the prospectuses of mutual funds say) is no guarantee of future returns. Just because India's progress was for years strangled by red tape and corruption, there is no reason to think...
After weeks of gridlock, Iraq's parliament passed a law that will enable the nation to head to the polls in January for the second time since the constitution was ratified in 2005. The milestone agreement, which was brokered with the help of U.S. and U.N. officials and must be approved by the country's presidential council, paves the way for the scheduled withdrawal of nearly all U.S. troops by August...
West, playing in the top spot and currently ranked second in the nation, easily dispatched the Eph No. 1 William Morris...
...Crimson continued their dominant streak in a 9-0 blanking of No. 8 Williams on Sunday. Freshman Laura Gemmell, after not playing against Brown, returned to her No. 1 spot, where she challenged Ephs’ senior Toby Eyre. Eyre was ranked third in the nation in the individual preseason polls entering this match, but Gemmell took no heed of her opponent’s qualifications, downing Eyre in three straight games...
There's nothing like the threat of war to mobilize the support of a nation. So perhaps it's not surprising that posturing over a soccer war with Algeria may be the most popular move the thoroughly unpopular Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has made in a long time...