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CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
- A subordinate diplomat who substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister.
- Usage: Coverage of Iraqi opposition group's takeover of embassy in Germany.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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FAST-FORWARD
- To proceed rapidly forward, especially in time.
- Usage: Report on two sisters from Chicago missing for over a year.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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RICIN
- A poisonous protein in the castor bean.
- Usage: Report on alleged weapons of mass destruction testing complex in northern Iraq.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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