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anchor baby

anchor baby  n.— Â«In reality, 80% of foreign students who come to the U.S. to study, end up staying permanently, either by marrying an American citizen, having an American citizen anchor baby, going on to an American graduate school, or by...

gravy time

gravy time  n.— Â«Allies are probably—effective allies; I do not mean just free riders who are just on the gravy time—are the most valuable thing you can have in a war, because it is somebody else getting killed instead of you.» â€”by...

Mexico City policy

Mexico City policy  n.— Â«The White House told committee members that Bush “does not support Senate passage” of the bill “in its current form because it includes provisions that would overturn the Administration’s family...

red on red

red on red  adj.— Â«â€œRed on red,” he said, using a military term for enemy-on-enemy fire.» â€”“Marines See Signs Iraq Rebels Are Battling Foreign Fighters” by Sabrina Tavernise New York Times June 21, 2005...

dhimmi

dhimmi  n.— Â«Even the colorless—and clueless—dhimmi-in-chief also known as British Foreign Minister Jack Straw raced off to visit the family—to what purpose, who knows?» â€”“You Only Die Once” by Val McQueen Tech Central...

non-paper

non-paper  n.— Â«It is understood that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw had given a non-paper on Kashmir problem to the Indian and Pakistani leaderships when he visited the subcontinent in the first week of February this year. In...

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