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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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police †policy; †civil organization XVI; civil administration regulating public order; civil force appointed to maintain public order XVIII. — F. — medL.
polītia for L.
polītīa POLITY.
Hence
policeman,
policewoman XIX.
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Political Drama Deepens In Honduras
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 9/23/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Zelaya said that he arrived in Honduras the day before yesterday, after hiding in the back of a truck for 15 hours, dodging police and military. The de facto government has responded to Zelaya's return by imposing a curfew and temporarily cutting off all...
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Ky. Census Worker Died Of Asphyxiation
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...That's according to Kentucky State Police. Fifty-one-year-old Bill Sparkman...the latest announcement from the state police. Mr. DEVLIN BARRETT (Reporter, Associated...just got word from the Kentucky State Police saying that Mr. Sparkman was found with...
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More Troops for Afghanistan?
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 9/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...those areas he hopes they'll be able to better train Afghan police forces, build up the Afghan government and the belief - his...months and they'll be focused on trying to train the Afghan police and army. MARTIN: What did General McChrystal write in his...
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Muslims Offer Friday Prayers Near U.S. Capitol
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/25/2009; ; 520 words
; ...humanity. TARABAY: Across the lawn, people bent in the grass to wash their feet, performing their ablutions before praying. Police watched the entrance while outside, a few anti-Muslim protestors handed out pamphlets. Physician Nasim Habib(ph) of Virginia...
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 "48 Hours (CBS)")
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For September 26, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: 48 Hours (CBS); 9/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...casting. He looked the part, acted the part. JOHN GOTTI (police video): He`s a rat and he tells lies VICTORIA GOTTI: He...that world WOMAN #2 (Reporter): Guns drawn, New York City Police moved in on John Gotti Jr. VICTORIA GOTTI: But John is not...
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For September 27, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS News Sunday Morning; 9/27/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the worst flooding that nation has seen in forty years. Typhoon Ketsana left more than one hundred people dead or missing. Police in Switzerland are holding film director Roman Polanski on a thirty- one-year-old U.S. arrest warrant. Polanski fled...
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60 Percent Want German Troops Out Of Afghanistan
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/28/2009; ; 696 words
; ...and rallies. When German politicians do talk about Afghanistan, they don't call it a war. They call it a peace mission, police work or a humanitarian operation. It's as if the politicians are trying to convince the public they've sent 4,200 social...
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Honduras Restricts Liberties To Prevent Rebellion
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...place. Last Monday, Zelaya snuck back into the country and is holed up at the Brazilian embassy. Honduran soldiers and riot police now surround the building. (Soundbite of bell ringing) BEAUBIEN: A few blocks from the Brazilian compound, ice cream vendors...
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Mississippi Reporter Gets 'Genius' Nod For Civil Rights Focus
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...different story about America's racial history. We turn to a man who seeks justice for the dead. No, he's not a cold case police detective, but Jerry Mitchell is the journalistic equivalent. He is an investigative reporter dedicated to identifying individuals...
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For September 28, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS Morning News; 9/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...avoid that outcome, the Afghan army and police must play an ever larger role in stabilizing...Afghanistan fear the most--a weak Afghan police force. In cell phone video obtained by CBS News, police are seen surrendering their weapons and...
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Communism
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...the cult of the individual with himself at its center, his advocacy of national revolution, and his extensive use of secret police and slave-labor camps to reduce opposition. —Stalinist , n., adj. —Stalinistic , adj. syndicalism...
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Fascism
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...controls finance, industry, and commerce, practices rigid censorship and racism, and eliminates opposition through secret police. 2 . such a form of government, as that of Italy under Mussolini. —fascist , n. —fascistic , adj...
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War
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...destroy the property of a neutral, subject to indemnification. antiterrorism the techniques, policies, and training of special police who deal with terrorists, especially those who take hostages. —antiterrorist , adj. armistice a temporary cessation...
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Chapman, Eddie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the time. Chapman appealed to the Abwehr; he told the Germans he still harbored a grudge against the United Kingdom, where police still sought him for other crimes. The Abwehr felt he could recruit other agents through his underworld connections and commit...
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Son, Trinh Cong
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...performances, eluding arrest with the help of sympathetic students despite constant surveillance and harassment from government secret police. He continued to write songs, with the sad themes of his lyrics now amplified by the carnage and destruction he witnessed...
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