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amber box

amber box  n.— «Green box, blue box, amber box and de minimus—which refer to the various kinds of subsidies governments give to the farming community—are terms used quite frequently in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) parlance...

blue box

blue box  n.— «Green box, blue box, amber box and de minimus—which refer to the various kinds of subsidies governments give to the farming community—are terms used quite frequently in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) parlance...

green box

green box  n.— «Green box, blue box, amber box and de minimus—which refer to the various kinds of subsidies governments give to the farming community—are terms used quite frequently in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) parlance...

shalala

shalala  adj.— «The students must travel in a pack and are not allowed to wear visible skullcaps or Stars of David anywhere but inside the school. They are also discouraged from dressing in a manner that Mr. Barthel calls...

b-girl

b-girl  n.— «They’ve also made more than 1000 arrests—most at cafeterias that serve alcohol without a meal or employ what is known in Miami law enforcement parlance as “b-girls.” (Major Exposito explains them thusly: “A...

double bagel

double bagel  n.— «Two-time defending champion Roger Federer warmed up for his third consecutive Tennis Masters Cup final with a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Gaston Gaudio.…Gaudio, seeded seventh, said he’d never lost by such a score. A...