Word: tanned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ever wondered why your rapper-wannabe friend has a striped tan on his face, you obviously haven’t heard of shutter shades...
...demonstrators. The protest—spearheaded by Rising Tide Boston, a local climate activism group, and Rainforest Action Network, a national organization—addressed a range of issues, from climate crisis to sub-prime mortgages, and the Wall Street bailout to the Iraq War. Ananda L. Tan, a member of RAN and the spokesperson for the event, said the protestors’ goal was to “build awareness that large banks are endangering the public, predominantly poor communities and communities of color, with their reckless financial behavior.” According to pamphlets distributed...
...checking on his men distributed across 30 checkpoints, he is joined by Colonel Abdel-Rida Shwaya of the Iraqi police's 7th Brigade. The young sheikh cuts a striking figure, clad in a crisp, white dishdasha and matching headdress. His weather-beaten face, his thick, black mustache and the tan bandolier draped across his chest give him the look of an Arabic Pancho Villa. Neither man knows if any of Dora's SOIs will be part of the 20% absorbed by the security forces. There are 300 more Sunni patrolmen than there are Iraqi policemen in the area, says Colonel...
...Dressed in tan trousers, a blue blazer and a striped tie - the unofficial uniform of the small-town Chamber of Commerce - McCain cut quite a different figure from his opponent. He radiated toughness with an overlay of irritation. He tried to warn us two years ago that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were screwed up, he began, but did America listen? Now look at the trouble...
...from a small, ethnically mixed village in the Liakhvi gorge in South Ossetia. Their families left their homes earlier but the men stayed behind, thinking that at their age they would not be bothered. But on Monday morning, Levan Khaduri, 84, a tiny gray-haired man with a deep tan, was putting up a new fence around the home that he was born in when a neighbor, who is Ossetian, said, "Don't bother. That is not your home anymore. Just...