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u

The twenty-first (21st) letter of the alphabet. It is a vowel. "u" comes after "t" and before "v"

u

(chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use (= U) the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet

U

the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet (= uranium) a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons (= uracil) a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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Simple sentences

Are we making a nonstop flight to the U.S.?
The President of the U.S. paid a formal visit to China.
In the U.S., there are more prisoners than there is jail space for them. So the prisons are overcrowded.
In the U.S., it is common for people to write a check instead of paying cash.
We have received many orders from the U.S.
Do you think we should import rice from the U.S.?
U.S.S.R. stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
In the automotive industry of the 1970's, Japan beat the U.S. at its own game.
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
I have been to the U.S. twice.
I have never been to the U.S.
Last week, I mailed him some souvenirs from the U.S.
Demand the exclusion of the country from the U. N.
The U.S. economy is the largest in the world.
While American methods are often successful, the Japanese educational system that produces the most literate people in the world surely has some lessons to teach the U.S.
In the U.S., you usually have to show identification in order to buy alcohol.
In the U.S. I was often taken to be Chinese.
The U.N. monitored the country's elections.
We have lived in the U.S. for ten years now.
Japan is the largest importer of U.S. farm products.
He has just been appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
She has been busy preparing for her trip to the U.S.
She was proud that she had shaken hands with the President of the U.S.
He's from the U.S.

Movie subtitles

Harry, you'll receive that syringe and you'll send it for FBC, U and E's, GS, TEG, EtOH, beta-HCG and drug screen.
Now, look here, mrs. Chloe. You're only a small fry in this game, u.
I See U,Suarez!
Yeah, and on Sundays, it's P-U.
No. O-Y. Not E-U-D.
That's a present from U. S. Grant.
Make a U-turn and take me.
A convicted thief representing you holds the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Always gives me great pride in my country when I see such fine young men in the U.S. Army.
P-l-N-U-O.
Defeat that set back for 20 years the cause of reform in the U. S forever canceled political chances for Charles Foster Kane.
From certain remarks you dropped on deck this morning, Mr. Leland I gather you are quite well informed in matters pertaining to the U.S. Navy.
Those born in the good old U.S.A.
P-O-R-P-O-U-S, I suppose.
No wonder they're the crown jewel of the U.N.
This was a success. Now there's not a country in the U.N. that opposes hunting down the cyborgs.
I regret to inform you the U.N. has already been infiltrated by an enemy agent.
That is within the realm of possibility, I admit. But I've got an old friend on the U.N.'s Peace Observation Committee, so don't worry.
There isn't a single person at U.N. headquarters who has any memory of this incident.
Get the U.S. military in the loop, -and track them down.
The U.N. headquarters, eh?
We have no reason to open fire on the Guardians or the U.N.!
I'd better give yo u a hand with these.
In exchange, of course, for my I.O.U.
O-Y, not E-U-D. Froy.
That's a present from U.S. Grant.
Shameful, ignominious. Defeat that set back for 20 years the cause of reform in the U. S forever canceled political chances for Charles Foster Kane.
The U.S, China and many other countries are getting involved.
This is Mike Taylor, R.O.K U.S combined forces command.
He will arrange. for your U.S. tour.
Joe Martin, 31, white, U.S.
P-l-N-U-O. P-l.
P-l-T-H-E-C-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-U-S- E-R-E-C-T-U-S.
Where's this place, D-a-c-h-a-u?
T-U-R-A.
P.U. What smells bad around here?
That's a U-boat all right.
U.S. tank detachment Unit 5. Repeat message.
U.S. tank detachment Unit 5.

News and current affairs

Ireland owes much of this turnaround to its efficient export sector, whose supporters were able to enforce a political U-turn.
The Jubilee 2000 movement has adherents in all parts of the world, including Pope John Paul II, rock stars such as Bono of the Irish group U2, and non-governmental organizations representing many religions and professions.
Kuwait now allows women to vote, Qatar has embraced an ambitious reform program, Bahrain has shown great tolerance of mass demonstrations, and the U.A.E. is allowing something like a free press.
In a blindly mechanical way, the U.S. had taken the view that all major UN agencies should keep their budgets unchanged in nominal (current-dollar) terms, leading to a drop in real spending because of inflation.
In February, I participated in seminars in Yangon (Rangoon) and the recently constructed capital, Naypyidaw, organized by one of the country's leading economists, U Myint.
It used its money to buy influence and power, shape U.S. energy policy, and avoid regulations.
This is arguably genocide, a word used by the U.S. government but by few others to describe what is going on in Darfur.
The likely scenario for advanced economies is a mediocre U-shaped recovery, even if we avoid a W-shaped double dip.
Indeed, just as many supporters of radical leftist parties in the 1930s made a U-turn and ended up supporting authoritarian parties of the right, the economic ideologies of today's populist parties seem to converge in many ways.
Making a U-turn is never easy for political leaders, but elections do provide an opportunity for a policy change.
Just as no one anticipated this U-shaped pattern of losses, so future losses must remain essentially unknown.
The new Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which was initiated by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan earlier this year and will begin operation in 2002, can be a critical mechanism here.
Suddenly, the U.S. began to act as if the Japanese retail distribution system or its longshoremen labor practices were a matter for bilateral negotiation, on the grounds that these may have some impact on trade.
The WTO struck down U.S. import prohibitions enacted pursuant to its endangered species act because of concern that an open trading regime might otherwise be compromised.
It last went to war in 1942, after direct aggression by Nazi U-boats in the South Atlantic.
Others, including me, argued that, given the excesses of private-sector leverage (in households, financial institutions, and corporate firms), this would be a U-shaped recession - long and deep.
Perhaps we will eventually see the emergence of a rival Fed Subway blog, though I am not optimistic about the prospects for an ECB U-Bahn blog anytime soon.
Data presented by Roger Pielke in the Natural Hazards Review in February shows that actual insured losses caused by the most important hurricanes since 1900 followed a U-shaped curve.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to imagine the U.S. economy growing at a rate of 3 percent or more in the decade ahead.
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequent pressure from Washington, led to a U-turn by Pakistan away from pro-jihadi policies.
They will eventually have to make a U-turn and backtrack over the terrain of fictitious progress.
Indeed, France's return to NATO is far from a U-turn that reflects disenchantment with ESDP.
But to call this U-turn a stroke of political genius that saved the euro and Helmut Kohl's European legacy is simply delusional.
If you are, say, a U.S. bank with Brazilian investments, you want Brazil to maintain its exchange rate until you get repaid (after that, who cares!).
So, you pressure the IMF and the U.S. Treasury to urge Brazil, or Russia, or any other hapless IMF-loan recipient to defend its currency.
The then finance minister (now President) Fernando Henrique Cardoso, imposed a new currency with a stable value to the U.S. dollar, roughly 1 Real per 1 dollar.
Brazil's government, the IMF, and the U.S. didn't need to go this route.
When Asia's crisis hit in 1997, the IMF and the U.S. short-sightedly believed that exchange rate stability would help the world, and Brazil.
Brazilian investors and U.S. banks began to take money out, forcing the Central Bank to sell scarce dollars in order to keep the hallowed stability of the currency.
When Russia defaulted in August 1998, and investors began to bolt emerging markets, the U.S. and IMF decided to loan Brazil the proverbial rope to hang itself.
In the East Asian currency crises, the tough macro policies required by the IMF and the U.S. Treasury were intended to restore the confidence of international lenders and investors.