(1) For Tóibín, it is the third time on the Booker shortlist following The Blackwater Lightship in 1999 and The Master in 2004.
(2) Founded by the former US Navy Seal Erik Prince, Blackwater seized on the burgeoning private security contracts that emerged after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A farm worker ploughing a field in Blackwater.
(4) Blackwater community school said in its report to the federal government that dropout rates on the reservation, ranging from 34% to 42% depending on the school, are about four times the Arizona state average of 9%.
(5) Tensions between private security companies and the Baghdad government had increased in Iraq following the decision by the US courts in December 2009 not to prosecute anyone for the Blackwater killings of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad in September 2007.
(6) She was one of the women working at a centre in Blackwater that provides free lunches for elderly people.
(7) The Blackwater Worldwide website says: "Blackwater was founded in 1997 to support the training needs of the United States military and law enforcement communities.
(8) "When the work of this committee ends," Khalaf said, private security companies "will be under the authority of the Iraqi government, and those companies that don't have licences, such as Blackwater, should leave Iraq immediately."
(9) In half the patients various bacterial and viral infections (especially typhoid) could be incriminated as causing this blackwater fever syndrome.
(10) Confirmation that he worked for Xe could prove even more problematic than working for the CIA , given the extent of hatred towards Blackwater, whose staff have gained a reputation in Pakistan as trigger-happy.
(11) The interior ministry revoked Blackwater's licence after the shooting, and threatened to expel its employees, but the US ignored the order and renewed the company's contract the following April.
(12) There was some of that LSD but that was back in the 60s.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chuck Morgan outside his house in Blackwater.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Blackwater Baptist church sign in Blackwater.
(14) For years the press has been filled with conspiracy-laden speculation about Blackwater – now known as Xe – the American military contractor with a reputation for violent ruthlessness, in their country.
(15) The sea battle of the Blackwater that dominated season two appeared to have cemented the Lannister claim, though only a fool would plot the looming third series without challenging that supposition.
(16) In his time he’s been a logger in California, fought in Vietnam and sought release in drugs and alcohol, before being drawn back to the small town of Blackwater on the sprawling Gila River Indian reservation in southern Arizona – “the res”, as it’s known to those who live there.
(17) For Pakistanis the word "Blackwater" has become a byword for covert American operations targeting the country's nuclear capability.
(18) He was diagnosed as having blackwater fever (BWF) on clinical grounds.
(19) Among the best bits are the chance to sit on the Iron Throne, to examine Dany's dragons in model form, and to take part in your very own stimulated Battle of Blackwater.
(20) Casino revenues have paid for a well-equipped gym in Blackwater, and there’s an indoor basketball court next door that would be the envy of many American high schools.
Sullage
Definition:
(n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
(n.) That which sullies or defiles.
(n.) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
(n.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
Example Sentences:
(1) Four weeks of control achieved in a slow moving sullage canal breeding Culex quinquefasciatus indicates that this IGR can be of use in such breeding habitats.