federation, coalition, placard cartel, organized crime networks, call

In Budget Choices, a Test of Obama’s Political Skills
By JOHN HARWOOD
To translate his vision into a budget, the president needs to create coalitions issue by issue, while holding his party together and curbing Republican attacks.



TEN Trinidad and Tobago players are down to participate in the under-18 qualifying competition for the IBM International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior ..
International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) 国际网球联合会 Association Tennis Professional ( ATP ) 国际男子职业网球协会

「聯邦軍事紀念公墓」可能有誤: federal指 [before noun] relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries
或許是「中央軍事紀念公墓」
(我搞錯了
Russian Federation　（the ～） ロシア連邦.
1991年8月24日，俄羅斯蘇維埃聯邦共和國宣佈獨立，成為俄羅斯聯邦。作為前蘇聯的主要加盟共和國，俄羅斯聯邦依然是一個十分有影響力的國家，特別是在由11個前蘇聯加盟共和國組成的獨立國協組織內。1991年，蘇聯解體，俄羅斯繼承蘇聯，......)

U.S. Efforts Against Mexican Cartels Called Lacking
U.S. efforts to help the Mexican government battle powerful organized crime networks are falling short, and a recent sharp spike in violence south of the border poses a growing threat to U.S. citizens, senators and independent experts told officials from three federal agencies yesterday on Capitol...
(By R. Jeffrey Smith, The Washington Post)

placard

(plăk'ärd', -ərd)

1. A sign or notice for display in a public place.
2. A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a door.

tr.v., -ard·ed, -ard·ing, -ards.

1. To announce or advertise by means of placards.
2. To post placards on or in.
3. To display as a placard.

[Middle English, official document, from Old French, from plaquier, to plaster, piece together, from Middle Dutch placken, to patch.]

placarder plac'ard'er n.

plac・ard

   

━━ n. はり札, ビラ, ポスター; プラカード; 名札.
━━ vt. ビラをはる; ビラで公告する; 掲示する.

cartel
n.

1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.

[German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, placard, from Medieval Latin cartellus, charter, diminutive of Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus. See card¹.]

call (CONSIDER) Show phonetics
verb [T + object + noun]
to consider someone or something to be:
He knows a lot of people, but only one or two that he'd call close friends.
One sandwich and a lettuce leaf - I don't call that a meal!
I'm not calling you a liar - I'm just suggesting that you misunderstood the facts of the 
call (DECIDE ON) Show phonetics
verb [T]
to decide officially to have a particular event or take particular action:
The managing director has called a meeting to discuss pay levels.
The papers are predicting that the Prime Minister will call an election in the spring.
It's reckoned that the unions will call a strike if management will not agree to their demands.
They had to call a halt to (= end) the match because of the heavy rain.

federation

(fĕd'ə-rā'shən) n.

1. The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.

federation
noun

1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause: alliance, Anschluss, bloc, cartel, coalition, confederacy, confederation, league, organization, union. See connect, group, politics.
2. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common: association, club, confederation, congress, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, organization, society, sorority, union. See group.

coalition Show phonetics
noun [C or U]
the union of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time:
Government by coalition has its own peculiar set of problems.
By forming a coalition, the rebels and the opposition parties defeated the government.
a coalition government