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World War Zero

World War Zero  n.— «The Russo-Japanese War “is easy to overlook because it was not a lengthy one,” said Kurk Dorsey, an associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. “But the treaty was really...

set zed

set zed  n.— «When “general quarters” was sounded, all compartments on the Pearl Harbor battleships were shut and sealed in a procedure called “set zed.” This means if an area is damaged, adjacent sections remain water-tight.» —“Angel...

leather and feather epic

leather and feather epic  n.— «According to Montgomery, the joke in the native community is that every movie that comes out about Native Americans features roles that are, well, rather predictable. In other words, they might as well be...

name-shame-blame

name-shame-blame  v. phr.— «Of the 150 instances of abuse that they cite, I reckon that probably only a small number will be genuine, but proving this is even more difficult in today’s climate of “name-shame-blame, whatever the truth...

black-brown divide

black-brown divide  n.— «Simmering beneath the surface of activism for job creation and workers’ rights is a tension not unique to New Orleans, what labor activists refer to as the “black-brown divide.” In this case, black New Orleanians...

ground-pounder

ground-pounder  n.— «I went to the school of infantry, also known as S.O.I. They say that S.O.I. graduates (grunts or ground-pounders) have one of the youngest mortality rates of any school in history because thousands of alumni have gone...

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