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• n  a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
• n  a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
• s  narrow
  strait is the gate

• With the success of their firms riding on volatile cross-strait relations, Hsu and other taishang tend to be a skittish bunch.
• More cross-strait tourism will boost annual GDP growth by .
• Beijing's lukewarm condemnation of Taiwan's acceptance of a visit from the Dalai Lama is a sign that cross-strait times are changing.

• sound
• pass
• straits

News & Articles

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• George Strait's father dies
  John Strait, the father of country music star George Strait, died Tuesday morning. John Strait is survived by his wife, Anna; son George and his wife, Norma; daughter Pency Edel and her husband, Lea; daughter-in-law Denise Strait; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  June 12, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News
• Bay Trail to add scenic segment along Carquinez Strait bluffs
  MARTINEZ -- A washed-out and washed-up county road is about to be remade into a new, $5.5 million regional shoreline trail along the scenic Carquinez Strait, linking Central and West Contra Costa County.
  June 12, 2013 - The Montclarion
• George Strait's father dies
  John Strait, the father of country music star George Strait, died Tuesday morning. John Strait is survived by his wife, Anna; son George and his wife, Norma; daughter Pency Edel and her husband, Lea; daughter-in-law Denise Strait; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  June 12, 2013 - San Antonio Express-News