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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Action Aims Caused Central Communities Drive End Explosive Fear Goals Increase Land Mine Progress Rebuild Reclaim Security Towards War Which Women

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I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Central Central Park Day Folks Go Just Miss Park Passing People Spend Through Want Watch Watching Whole

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In 1949, Mao Tse-tung's Communists established the People's Republic of China, and the following year, his People's Liberation Army invaded central Tibet.

~Barbara Demick

Topics: Army Central China Communists Established Following His Invaded Liberation Mao People Republic Tibet Year

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I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Central Obsession Ourselves Owe Society Suppose

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During the morning rush hour on March 20, 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo placed packages on five subway trains converging on Tokyo's central station. When punctured, the packages spread vaporized Sarin through the subway cars and then into the stations as the trains pulled in.

~Barton Gellman

Topics: Car Central Cult Five Hour Japanese March Morning Packages Placed Pulled Rush Spread Station Stations Subway Then Through Tokyo Trains

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The government of Sudan, employing a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency, offered in the early spring of 1996 to arrest Osama bin Laden and place him in Saudi custody, according to officials and former officials in all three countries.

~Barton Gellman

Topics: According Agency Arrest Back Bin Central Channel Countries Custody Direct Early Employing Former Government Him Intelligence Offered Officials Place President Saudi Spring Sudan Three

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The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.

~Bayard Taylor

Topics: Among Appears Asia Been Before Beginning Central Excellent High History Home Lofty Long Meaning Mountains Neighboring Original Over Race Races Somewhere Superiority Word

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Julie Johnston is what I would call a loud central defender, as far as how she tackles and how she plays - you notice her. And you notice her in a positive way. She's a destroyer. She interrupts plays and tackles the crap out of people. That's a very visual thing.

~Becky Sauerbrunn

Topics: As Far As Call Central Crap Defender Destroyer Far Her How Julie Loud Notice Out People Plays Positive Positive Way She Thing Very Visual Way Would You

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The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Absolutely Against British Central Deprivation Happened Impact Imperialism India Injustice Outcome Poverty Rule Story Them Which Women

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History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Bank Central Central Bank Collapse Economy Effects Financial History Market Protect Proves Sector Side Smart Stock Stock Market

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