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Word 99: Metastasize  

Most people think that controlling arms shipments is merely a matter of international diplomacy. That may have been true during the cold war, when traffickers were often subcontractors of the superpowers, feeding the proxy conflicts Washington and Moscow wanted fought. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the exclusive club of arms brokers metastasized.

metastasize (v) : spread throughout the body, of cancer cells – source: Arms and the Man

18.08.2003 klo 02:08

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