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HARDBALL [3 records]

Record 1 2007-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

You cannot let Colombia be the first narcocracy in the world.(Bill Bennet, from Empower America, on Chris Mathew's Hardball show, MSNBC, March 15, 2001).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

Néologisme de forme. Comparer avec cleptocratie, narcoterrorisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
DEF

Régimen político en el cual el tráfico de droga es administrado [...] por los gobernantes.

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Record 2 2001-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

The Soviets have a long history of "playing hardball" in the sensitive airspace over the Baltic and Barents seas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Mayor Rudy Giuliani's announcing he has prostate cancer had the effect of a mediatic bombshell(Chris Matthews, Hardball, TV channel MSNBC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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