keywords (April 28)

1948 Independence
1956 Suez Canal Crisis
1967 6-Days war
1973 Yom Kippur War
1982 Lebanon War
1988-94 Intifada (I)
1989 Gulf War
2001 Intifada (II)

Nasser
Revolt against the oppressor
Asymmetric
Invade Kuwait
Grass-root support
Hamas
Charity group
Fundamentalist
Right-wing
Zero-sum
Settlement
Negotiated solution
Imposed solution
Rabin & Arafat
Assassinated
Betray
Make too much concession
For good
Irony of geography
Secular
Security forces, apparatus
Transit, transfer
Plain cloth
Tolerate
Swine flu (influenza)
Avian flu
Mutants
Pandemic,
Panic
Vulnerable
Recycle
Threshold
Contain the outbreak
Peak
Quarantined
Bumper sticker
Sri Lanka


Intifada
PLO
Hammas
Left-wing, right wing, Netanyahu
Swine flu

keywords (April 21)

The World is Flat
Thomas Friedman
Main theme
Globalization
Borderless
Boundary
Goods
Tariffs, customs
Erased
Blurred
Visa-free
Valid visa
Hurdles
Free Trade Agreement
Astronaut
Cosmonaut
Taikonaut
Artificial, man-made
Arrangement
FTA
Rudimentary
Deepen or widen
Initial stage of economic integration
1) Preferential Trade Agreement, PTA
2) Free Trade Agreement, FTA
3) Customs union
4) Common market
5) Economic and Monetary union
Euro
Competitiveness
Certify the diploma
Eligibility
Bachelor, Master, Doctoral degree
Civil service
A variety of reasons
Impose barriers
Science park
Free Trade, Fair Trade
Low wage
Political calculation
Blackmail
Dependent on China
Gambling business
Referendum
Signing,
Ratification
Ratify
Consent, approval
Pros & cons
Monroe Doctrine
Turf,
Sphere of influence, interest
Ally with the USSR
Target at
Follow suit
Chavez
Recall the ambassador back to
Deteriorate
Reach out
Bilateral relationship
Add
Self-centered
Road signs
New approach
Trinidad & Tobago
Troubled relationship
Bad shape
Animosity
Embargo
Wire the money to
Lift the embargo, impose the embargo
Lift the martial law
Thorny issue
Side with
Take side with
Donor
Business community
Academic community
Media
Proverbs
Sayings
Wisdoms of the ancestors’
Overnight
Antisemitism
Judeophobia
Xenophobia
Diplomatic ties
Controversial
Celebrity
Taboo
Headlines
Watchful
Bird’s nest
Conspiracy theory
Chaotic
Disciplined, controlled
Name calling
Deaflympics
Olympics
Paralympics
Spotlight
Richard Gere
Sting
Rainforest
Talks
Two-handed policy
Heavy-handed, soft-handed
Track record