hemispheric

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SAN DIEGO - Mexico's federal attorney general is calling for a hemispheric, values-based battle against the illegal drug trade.

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  1. Same as hemispherical. A pyrites, placed in the cavity of another of an hemispherick figure, in much the same manner as an acorn in its cup. Woodward, Fossils.

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  • Medvedev's present round of calls, as well as a growing presence by extra-hemispheric actors like the European Union, China, India and Iran, demonstrate that the region is open to new relationships outside of the hemisphere and is getting noticed. —  Home
  • This emancipation is far from hemispheric, however. —  Foreign Policy In Focus
  • Failure to get involved in Mexico's current concerns would undermine Canada's credibility as a hemispheric actor. —  Council on Hemispheric Affairs
  • SAN DIEGO - Mexico's federal attorney general is calling for a hemispheric, values-based battle against the illegal drug trade. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • SAN DIEGO (AP) - Mexico's federal attorney general is calling for a hemispheric, values-based battle against the illegal drug trade.
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  1. = French hémisphérique = Italian emisferico, from New Latin hemisphæricus, from Latin hemisphærium, hemisphere: see hemisphere.
 

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