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| Autor: | José Roberto |
| E-mail: | josezambon@merconet.com.br |
| Data: | 26/MAI/2003 3:20 PM |
| Assunto: | Basket-case whammy |
| Mensagem: | Hello People I'm going to work with news and I've come across this: "The Democratic Republic of Congo, for long ruled by the singularly corrupt Mobutu, whose principal advantage to his American backers was that he was not a communist, is a notorious basket-case. But you do not have to look far for others. Zimbabwe is correctly stigmatised internationally. Nigeria is hardly an advertisement for anything. Islamic Africa is a double whammy - the problems of the rest of the continent overlaid by the medieval church and political structures together with religious text-based law and pre-modern prejudices which Islam entrenches." From: Will Hunton/The Observer. Could you please tell me what "... a notorious basket-case" and "whammy" mean? Thanks in advance. José Roberto |
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Basket-case whammy – José Roberto 
26/MAI/2003, 3:20 PM Re: Basket-case whammy – André Oliveira 26/MAI/2003, 4:41 PM Re: Basket-case whammy – pat 26/MAI/2003, 4:48 PM