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If Montenegrin sentiment for the union is as overwhelming as Belgrade claims, then it seems to me that the Serbs are acting in a rather high-handed fashion I talked with a good many people while I was in Montenegro, and I was especially careful not to meet them through the medium of either Serbs or Italians.

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  1. noun The act of uniting or the state of being united.
  2. noun A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
  3. noun Mathematics A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.
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  • The largest state in the union is a major engine of the same national economy the Obama Administration is trying to stimulate.
  • For their sake, I hope their union is a little more —  save the assistants
  • The semiautonomous relationship between Zanzibar and the union is a relatively unique system of government.
  • Those changes will not happen though in the current operating environment and the union is a big reason that environment can't change enough to be reasonable —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Nick Berardino, general manager of the Orange County Employees Association said members of his union were asked to vote on whether they are willing to take a furlough, and the results are expected Monday, along with a report from Gary Burton, a now-retired county chief financial officer who has been looking at the budget to identify possible spending cuts. —  CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōn-, from Latin ūnus, one; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French union = Spanish union = Portuguese união = Italian unione, from Late Latin unio(n-), feminine, oneness, unity, the number one, a uniting, union, Latin unio(n-), masculine, a single large pearl, a single onion (later ult. English onion), from unus, one: see one. Cf. unite, etc.
 

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