Word: patting
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...female- genital mutilation is being practiced in the U.S. by immigrants from Africa and the Middle East. Though actual instances are rare, a bill to ban the procedure was introduced in the New York State legislature in early March. It mirrors efforts on the national level by Colorado Representative Pat Schroeder to outlaw such mutilation. Says she: "It's terribly important to do so if we're going to preach on this issue in the international community." Yet even as American feminists inveigh against the practice, African professional women in the U.S. decry these protests as arrogant and misguided...
...Patrick's Day] means everything to me because I was born in Ireland," says Limerick native Pat Douggan. He looks forward most to the "dear little shamrock, and having an Irish dinner...
Fortunately, being the aspiring young spies that we are, we know the pat catch phrases to repeat if you are, indeed, in the CIA, or at least want to pretend you are. We share them with you here as a token of our faith...
Harvard is supplying a pat of butter. The rest of the world must supply the guns...
...Capitol Hill were sounding taps again for central elements of Clinton's plan -- the 54-year-old New York attorney has brought to the White House skills that have often been scarce: planning, organization and political fire fighting. "He's not afraid to make a decision, take responsibility," said Pat Griffin, the top White House lobbyist, "and that's what we need to pull this thing...