troop surge n.— «Perhaps more importantly, Bush’s plan amounts to a last-ditch effort to salvage the U.S. endeavor in Iraq, and it’s not clear what will happen if the troop surge and economic aid fail to improve the situation...
anchor child n.— «Known as “anchor” children, aid workers say the youngsters are put on boats by families who hope they’ll be resettled in the United States or Canada and can then apply to have their families join them...
phantom aid n.— «Similarly, the amount of international aid that has poured into the country (like the number of soldiers, not enough) is often invisible, what is sometimes called “phantom aid.” Non-governmental aid...
hit-and-go pack n.— «As soon as he lands, he has the option of going right to his survival kit and unzipping what’s called a hit-and-go package that has some of the most important items in his survival kit, and immediately start his...
lead snowstorm n.— «The 4-inch by 5-inch film can be wrapped in a plastic bag and placed inside an animal that has been gutted. In the case of a questionable archery kill, troopers can put the film inside a gutted animal and shoot a...
fuck-me factor n.— «Ever since Jagger emerged from a mechanical lotus flower in 1975, such audience-bewitching coups have been deemed essential to every Stones tour. They are known, in Stones patois, as the “f***-me factor...