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When Words Are Held Hostage
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The Washington Post
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August 16, 1990
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- Dale Russakoff
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Welcome to Washington in global crisis, a semantic jungle where
tortured phraseology is the native dialect. Normal discourse is not
allowed.
Consider the 2,500 Americans being detained against their will by
Iraqi forces in Iraq and Kuwait. They will not be free to leave,
according to Iraq, until the crisis in the region is resolved.
Every day, the State Department is asked whether these people are
hostages. "It is premature to call them hostages," State Department
spokesman Margaret Tutwiler said last week. "Restrictees," as Iraq
now calls them, are not hostages unless something has been demanded
in exchange for their freedom.
Yesterday, Tutwiler raised another definitional hurdle: ...
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Results of United States Open Track and Field Meet
Xinhua News Agency;
June 9, 2002 ;
380 words
...Following are the results from the United States Open track meet in Stanford, California...Nevis, 10.18 seconds 2. Marcus Brunson, United States, 10.21 3. Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.26...45.54 800-meter 1. Derrick Peterson, United States, 1 minute, 47.18 seconds 2. Otukile...
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Cuba: Chapter 4F. Relations with the United States
Countries of the World;
James D. Rudolf;
787 words
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[0] Assembly renews call for end to United States embargo against Cuba; In...
M2 Presswire;
November 28, 2001 ;
787 words
......situation once the blockade was lifted. GUMA...imposed by the United States against Cuba. Successive...disregard by the United States of the will of...countries. The blockade had had far-reaching...the court of the United States. It either would...Cuba, ending the ...
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THE INSIDE STORY OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS FORTY YEARS AFTER THE UNITED...
The Boston Globe;
October 6, 2002 ;
Sheldon M. Stern;
787 words
......Eisenhower. If the United States bombed or invaded...the fault of the United States by acting in a...we're going to blockade Cuba under the...deteriorated further, the blockade could be tightened...than that." The United States, he maintained...and when the ...
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Iraq and its implications: Sir Marrack Goulding considers the situation in...
New Zealand International Review;
September 1, 2004 ;
Goulding, Marrack;
787 words
...The United States' venture in Iraq has so far achieved...Bush's adventure in Iraq about how the United States is going to use its power? Can we...traditional friends and allies of the United States, persuade Washington that it is in...
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United States' road to 2006 World Cup finals
Xinhua News Agency;
May 19, 2006 ;
156 words
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SPLINTERING THE WOODEN WALL: The British Blockade of the United States,...
Sea Classics;
February 1, 2006 ;
Redman, Rod E;
309 words
......WOODEN WALL: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 By Wade E...century ago and view the blockade of the United States during the War of 1812...a comparison of the blockade of the United States to British blockades...
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United States and Nations
Our Times;
October 1, 2001 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......benefits. Progressive legislators in the United States have tried for years to come up with a tiny...in advance of its military response, the United States has set about building an international...of international participation that the United States is vulnerable and hypocritical ...
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Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to United States to...
PR Newswire;
July 30, 2002 ;
787 words
...BOSTON -- United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan announced today the United States has settled civil claims against Hewlett...submitting false and/or fraudulent claims to the United States in connection with the sale of medical products...
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Cuban Socialist system repressed by United States
University Wire;
January 26, 1998 ;
Fedaku Kiros;
591 words
......to Cuba and the United States goes berserk with...should turn to the United States as evidence of...of Cuba by the United States. The United States has held an economic...surprisingly, the United States seems to be the...enforced economic blockade. ...
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General Assembly, for thirteenth straight year, adopts resolution on...
M2 Presswire;
October 29, 2004 ;
787 words
......representative of the United States said the resolution...regime in Cuba on the United States and to divert attention...Arguments that the United States denied Cuba access...Moreover, since 2001, the United States had licensed the export...nations other than the ...
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United States and Nations: solidarity for how long?
Our Times;
October 1, 2001 ;
Ehring, George;
787 words
......benefits. Progressive legislators in the United States have tried for years to come up with a tiny...in advance of its military response, the United States has set about building an international...of international participation that the United States is vulnerable and hypocritical ...
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Splintering the Wooden Wall: the British Blockade of the United States,...
Journal of Southern History;
May 1, 2004 ;
Hagan, Kenneth J.;
496 words
......Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815. By...the Royal Navy's blockade of the United States as highly effective...Constitution and United States, the British Admiralty...establishing an unbroken blockade of a very long...
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Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States,...
The Journal of Southern History;
May 1, 2004 ;
Hagan, Kenneth J;
500 words
......Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815. By...the Royal Navy's blockade of the United States as highly effective...Constitution and United States, the British Admiralty...establishing an unbroken blockade of a very long...
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Not in our country? A critique of the United States welfare system through...
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law;
June 22, 2005 ;
Love, Christie N.;
787 words
...I. INTRODUCTION The United States has not shied away from speaking...rights crusader globally, the United States has neglected human rights violations...influence in the current law. United States welfare policy arguably is not...
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