Word: citizens
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These are admirable developments (at least in the eyes of those who still believe socialism can succeed). But they are somehow incongruous in a country where the national beverage is champagne (or perhaps a fine red wine) and the average citizen more concerned with appearances and cuisine than politics...
...bureau reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "Because they accepted employment by the Serbs at a time when Albanians were boycotting all Serb institutions, they gained a reputation for siding with the Serbs. But as is the case all over the Balkans and Europe, Gypsies have always been the lowest class of citizen in Kosovo. Serbs don?t like them and Albanians don?t like them, so they?ve always been kept down no matter who is in charge ?- so they?ve simply tried to adapt and accommodate themselves with whoever is in power...
...been to Belfast, and I've been to New Haven, and there's about ten million times more romance and mystery about the former. The average citizen's chance of being shot is better in New Haven. Belfast has one of the lowest O.D.C. rates in Western Europe (O.D.C. being an acronym for "ordinary, decent crime," as distinguished from political violence by the people here). Assuming you're not out on the streets draped in a Union Jack or the Irish tri-colors, or running guns for the IRA, the average American tourist is probably about as safe here...
...Incredible Record Keeper: John M. Shimkus (R., Ill.), who reported 15 pages of gifts, including a plastic letter opener from the Pontiac, Ill., Tourism Office; 21 calendars; a bumper sticker from an "outraged, anonymous citizen"; a hog sausage from the Eldred Baptist Church; and 12 jars of horseradish from Keller Farms in Illinois...
...commander of the Maryvale Precinct, a man who was born in Mexico and became a naturalized citizen at 24, is on his way to the murder scene. Manny Davila lives in two worlds, one the color of his uniform and the other the color of his skin, and he knows those worlds have collided on this horrible day. A day in which a brilliant, falling sun glints across the sprawling desert city, catching the top of the utility pole that Atkinson plowed into and casting the shadow of a perfect cross onto the side of a building across the street...