Verbatim."What dictators all over the world are saying is: 'The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has no moral authority to criticize human rights violations when they have put in cages more than 600 people without any prospect of a fair trial.'" --Karin Ryan, senior human rights adviser to the Carter Center The Carter Center is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. It is located at 453 Freedom Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia. , referring to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay Noun 1. Guantanamo Bay - an inlet of the Caribbean Sea; a United States naval station was established on the bay in 1903 bay, embayment - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 12, 2003) "Lord, there are bad guys out there. Just help us kill 'em." --A prayer led by a U.S. battalion chaplain in Iraq (Newsweek, Nov. 10, 2003) "To [our parents], church may seem alive just because it's in English. To us, it's dry." --Sean Dolan, one of more than 3,000 high school students attending the Chicago archdiocesan Youth Day at Navy Pier (The Daily Herald For the Arlington Heights, Illinois newspaper, see . The Daily Herald was a British newspaper, published in London from 1912 to 1964 (although it was weekly during the first world war). It ceased publication when it was relaunched as The Sun. , Nov. 1, 2003) "I think God's going to have a problem with all these Catholic schools. There's going to be a lot of prayers going up there for a good win. We'll see how that works out." --Father John Minogue, president of DePaul University DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. , on the Big East Conferences expansion to 16 colleges, including seven Catholic ones (Yahoo News, Nov. 5, 2003) "He said I'd eventually be doing God's work with animals." --Pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick, who says Saint Francis of Assisi appeared to her in 1994 with the message (The Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2003) |
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