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AMBALA
- City in Haryana state, northwestern India, just east of the Ghaggar River in India; Ambala Airbase used by Indian government to store Mirage fighter aircraft.
- Usage: Research on military mobilization by India and Pakistan for possible war in near future.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica CD 98.
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KARAKORAM HIGHWAY
- Roadway that connects Kashgar, China, with Islamabad, Pakistan; took almost 20 years to complete, and extends for about 500 miles through some of the most rugged and inaccessible terrain in Asia.
- Usage: Research on military mobilization by India and Pakistan for possible war in near future.
Source: "U.K. Telegraph" newspaper story; Encyclopedia Britannica CD 98.
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NUTRIA
- A large South American semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet that has been introduced into parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Usage: Story on possibility of hurricane hitting New Orleans and washing a lot of these creatures out of the swamps and onto the streets and into houses.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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SAC
- acronym for Senior Agent in Charge
- Usage: Spoken by Sen. Diane Feinstein during FBI Director Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress.
Source: AcronymFinder.
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STOVEPIPE
- a) noun; Pipe of large diameter usually of sheet steel used as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a flue. b) verb; slang term; Used to describe an attempt to avoid responsibility or accountability, as in hiding information from superiors (per reporter's own on-air definition); Example: "The FBI was stovepiping information about Arabs training at U.S. flight schools."
- Usage: Spoken by reporter to describe the culture of the FBI during Coleen Rowley's whistle-blower testimony to Congress.
Source: a) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition; b) reporter's on-air definition.
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WHISTLE-BLOWER
- One who reveals something covert or who informs against another.
- Usage: Multiple networks, in reference to recent spate of high-level failures of government agencies, to describe the lower-level workers who report such failures.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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