Word: sterne
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When East Timor formally celebrated its independence in May, it closed the chapter on four centuries of stern Portuguese colonization and 24 years of brutal Indonesian occupation. The mood was finally one of hope for the future, of anticipation of a peace dividend. Some commentators even spoke of the fledgling country as a template for nation building in Afghanistan...
...stern face of president Daniel arap Moi has stared out at Kenyans for more than 24 years. Framed on office and shop walls, pictured on every banknote and coin and ubiquitous on the nightly news, the steely gaze hints at his rule: paternal, omnipotent and tough. Don't question the chief, the stare seems to say, because I'm everywhere. But Moi, 78, is constitutionally obliged to step down at the upcoming presidential and parliamentary election on Dec. 27, and his country is more than ready for the change. In the past few years of economic decline and rampant corruption...
...Marcus Stern, HRDC faculty advisor and ART associate director, says this collaboration can create political leverage...
...with a slight edge to character.” Some win-starved Lions fans weren’t even happy with that. One fan went to the Spectator’s website forum and wrote that “I’m ready for Mike Ditka, Howard Stern or the soon-to-be-unemployed Saddam Hussein if any of them can scrape together a few victories on the gridiron...
...Central Los Angeles as a member of N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude), the most notorious rap group from the toughest ghetto in L.A. In their hit F___ tha Police, he grabbed the mike and fulminated, "Ice Cube will swarm/On any motherf_____ in a blue uniform." That sentiment earned him a stern letter from...