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AL-SAMOUD 2
- A modified Scud missile with a declared range of less than 150 kilometers.
- Usage: Reports on discovery by U.N. inspectors of banned Iraqi weaponry.
Source: Various on-line resources.
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EVENTUATE
- To come out finally or in conclusion; to come to pass.
- Usage: Report on Iraq's al-Samoud missiles, discovered by U.N. weapons inspectors to fly beyond the 93-mile limit set by U.N. resolutions.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
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MAURITIUS
- An island nation in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, which was discovered by the Portuguese in 1505, and gained independence in 1968.
- Usage: Weather report on an approaching tropical cyclone.
Source: Wikipedia.com.
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PURPORTED
- To have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred).
- Usage: Reports on latest release of an audiotape allegedly made by Osama bin Laden.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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