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>> Sunday, December 16, 2007

IN one of Charles Dickens' novels, published in 1838, a character in the book describes the bewildered Oliver Twist upon his arrival in London city as being "so jolly green".

Readers of the era would have of course understood that Oliver was not being referred to as a budding young environmentalist, for in those days, and indeed until fairly recently, the word "green" was used to describe an inexperienced or naive person.

Green is a highly adaptive word in the English language; it can be used as a verb, as in "Go Green" (meaning, to change one's behaviour in a manner that is more favourable to the health of the environment); green can be used as a noun, as in "eat your greens"; as a collective noun, "The Greens" (members of an environmentalist group or party); and, as an adjective, to describe a colour.


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Citi Bahrain Volunteers Support "Go Green Bahrain" on Global Community Day

>> Sunday, November 18, 2007

Citi Bahrain volunteers joined more than 55,000 Citi volunteers on a single day (Nov 17th) at more than 1,000 events in over 600 cities in 100 countries for the company's second annual "Global Community Day." 220 volunteers in Bahrain, including employees and their families and friends got together to plant 200 trees in Manama. H.E. Joseph Adam Areli and Mr A.Hakeem Al Shummari had joined Citi volunteers in their special day.


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