Word: origin
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...militarily against the Argentines, her partners were becoming skittish. The Irish had already announced they could not support Britain in what Dublin saw as a colonial war by its former colonial masters. An important consideration for Italians was that nearly half of Argentina's population is of Italian origin, and 1.3 million Argentines still carry Italian passports...
...Origin, by Irving Stone...
Isaac has charged discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in the case, which is currently working its way through the courts. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled almost three years ago that there was "probable cause that Isaac was discriminated against," Isaac's lawyer. Theodore Landsmark, said yesterday...
...would appear that this illness was of viral origin," Wacker added...
This concern about the spread of Communism in the region is clearly legitimate. Thus the conflict, in its possible consequences if not its origin, is indeed part of the East-West rivalry. But a stark East-West emphasis obscures the deeper reasons for turmoil in the Central American isthmus (see following story). Much of the unrest in these countries stems from indigenous problems, most notably, as former State Department Official William Bowdler puts it, "the legacy of exploitation and abuse of the impoverished majority by the privileged few." By underplaying these factors, the U.S. often ends up backing regimes that...