Re: lexicon

John Cowan wrote:
> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
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>>While certain Americans would probably claim to be oppressed by Washington,
>>today's USA certainly isn't a _gravun_.
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> By "American empire" I actually referred to the nominally independent countries
> outside America that somehow tend to end up doing what we say.
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>>As long as the "dictatorship" isn't assumed to necessarily imply a single all-
>>powerful dictator at the top of the heap, I guess this is the best translation.
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> A non-hierarchical army?  That is an unusual concept.
Several South American countries, AIUI, have been ruled by groups of
generals. The term for a ruling group of military leaders is "junta".

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