curbstoning n.— «One, Steven P. Glusman, a former enumerator and crew chief in Harlem, told of occupied buildings misclassified as vacant and of “curbstoning,” the practice of filling out forms without conducting the required...
non-paper n.— «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...
rehat v.— «The United States supports the Secretary-General’s recommendation to expand the mandate of UNAMSIL to take on the function of the departing ECOMOG forces and we will vote for the resolution before us today. To ensure there is...
global gag rule n.— «The latest reincarnation of the Mexico City Policy, termed the “Global Gag Rule” by women’s advocates, including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, would go far beyond the current legal prohibitions on...
booth capturing n.— «The general secretary of the Congress Party, Malik Mohiuddin, said the National Conference Party had destroyed “the very fiber of the democratic system in the country by its alleged large-scale rigging and booth...
strawite n. See quot. Etymological Note: After British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)