Word: portly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...match Washington's 97 delegates. So, hoping to boost her chances at a time when polls have shown her lagging behind here, Clinton was the first to the local rope lines, arriving in Seattle late Thursday evening and heading immediately to a gritty corner of the city's port, where she told about 5,000 people gathered in a hangar-like cruise ship terminal that they needed to elect a President who will be "a fighter, and a doer, and a champion for the American people." She took a shot at Obama, who was set to hold a large rally...
Analysts say there are many reasons for Kenya to get so more attention: It is an economic hub whose port delivers supplies to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and South Sudan; and it is an important U.S. ally in the War on Terror. And the potential for even greater mayhem in Kenya remains high. Both Annan and former U.S. President Bill Clinton have acknowledged their failure to prevent or stop the Rwanda genocide. And while western pundits may dismiss the comparison, for Kenyans, the fear of a second Rwanda is very real. "I can see the beginnings of an ethnic conflict...
...Port Chester, N.Y. and Kirkland House...
...Internet, ranging from exposés of corruption to a web campaign that led to the freeing of hundreds of children and mentally handicapped men who had been kidnapped and forced to work as slaves in brick kilns to the relocation of a chemical plant away from the port city of Xiamen. Still, citizen journalism can be deadly work. Earlier this month, a man who filmed a confrontation between security officials and villagers protesting the siting of a garbage dump was beaten to death by the enraged officials...
...flinch at a $300 Little Marc cashmere sweater. As a result, sales of infant and toddler clothing have soared. In 2006 they spiked to $33.3 billion, 8.4% over the previous year--outpacing the adult-apparel market--according to the NPD Group, a market-research firm based in Port Washington, N.Y. And for 2007, sales are expected to increase to $44 billion...