Word: regionalization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...make sure the public hears it. The first attempt, a graphic and slickly produced documentary called War 08.08.08: The Art of Betrayal, was released three months after the conflict. It argued that American mercenaries had helped the Georgian government commit genocide against the people of South Ossetia, a separatist region that Russia says it was forced to step in to protect. But the project fell flat. Narrated by Canadian George Watts - a former translator for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - its arguments seemed heavy-handed even to sympathetic critics, and the whole film has been viewed on YouTube - in either...
Those born in the Southeast may be more likely to die of a stroke even after moving out of the appropriately named “Stroke Belt” region, a Harvard School of Public Health professor reported Tuesday...
Former inhabitants of the region also face a higher risk than those who have never lived in the South, regardless of race, the study found. White former residents are 20 percent more likely and black former residents are 9 percent more likely to suffer stroke-related deaths...
...Eating habits in the South are worse than in other areas, and fried foods are part of the culture,” Stephens said. She added that she would not move away from the “Stroke Belt” region, citing Arkansas’ beauty and friendly people...
...Honduras debacle is just the latest example of Obama's actions failing his words in Latin America. He wowed the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad last spring with soaring pledges to drop Washington's heavy-handed double standards in the region. He won kudos for acknowledging that the drug war is as much about U.S. consumption as it is about Latin corruption. But the cheers have since turned to chagrin on numerous fronts. Obama is loath to offend supporters of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba; yet even Latin leaders who scorn the Castros shake their heads at Obama...