Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
INTERPELLATION
interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
(noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
interpellation
(noun) (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interpellation (countable and uncountable, plural interpellations)
(politics) The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.
(philosophy) The act of interpellating: the act of identification.
The act of interpelling: interruption.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*pel*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. interpellatio: cf. F. interpellation.]
1. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption. "Continual interpellations." Bp. Hall.
2. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession. Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. Jer. Taylor.
3. An act of interpellating, or of demanding of an officer an explanation of his action; imperative or peremptory questioning; a point raised in a debate.
4. A official summons or citation. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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