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Bam or BAM may mean: Places:Bam, IranBam Province, Burkina FasoPeople:Bam Margera, professional skateboarder and television personalityBam Bam Bigelow, former American professional wrestlerAs an acronym or code:Burst Activity Management, a CAI Networks product featureBaikal Amur Mainline, a Siberian railway lineBambara language ISO 639 codeBattle Mountain Airport (IATA airport code: BAM) in Battle Mountain, Nevada, United StatesBerkeley Art Museum in Berkeley, California, United StatesBell Atlantic Mobile, Now  Verizon WirelessBianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone (BaM), characters on the soap opera All My ChildrenBlock allocation mapBar Mitzvah or Bat MitzvahBoard-a-match, a form of scoring at duplicate bridgeBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, the German standards instituteBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the ISO 4217 currency code for the currency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBrooklyn Academy of Music, a cultural center in Brooklyn, New YorkBusiness Activity Monitoring, real-time monitoring of business processesBonnier Amigo Music GroupBaluchi Autonomist Movement a Baluchi ethnic nationalist group.BAM (Bay Area Music), a defunct San Francisco music magazineBAM! Volume 1, an album by Sister HazelBAM Racing, a NASCAR racing team
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interj. slam

(v. t.)
To cheat; to wheedle.
  

(n.)
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
  

Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Burkina Faso
former: Upper Volta, Republic of Upper Volta Government type: parliamentary republic Capital: Ouagadougou Administrative divisions: 45 provinces; Bale, Bam, Banwa, Bazega, Bougouriba, Boulgou, Boulkiemde, Comoe, Ganzourgou, Gnagna, Gourma, Houet, Ioba, Kadiogo, Kenedougou, Komondjari, Kompienga, Kossi, Koulpelogo, Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Leraba, Loroum, Mouhoun, Namentenga, Nahouri, Nayala, Noumbiel, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Passore, Poni, Sanguie, Sanmatenga, Seno, Sissili, Soum, Sourou, Tapoa, Tuy, Yagha, Yatenga, Ziro, Zondoma, Zoundweogo Independence: 5 August 1960 (from France) National holiday: Republic Day, 11 December (1958) Constitution: 2 June 1991 approved by referendum; 11 June 1991 formally adopted; amended April 2000 Legal system: based on French civil law system and customary law Suffrage: universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Blaise COMPAORE (since 15 October 1987)
head of government: Prime Minister Ernest Paramanga YONLI (since 6 November 2000)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 15 November 1998 (next to be held NA 2005); in April 2000, the constitution was amended reducing the presidential term from seven to five years, enforceable as of 2005, and allowing the president to be reelected only once; it is unclear whether this amendment will be applied retroactively or not; prime minister appointed by the president with the consent of the legislature
election results: Blaise COMPAORE reelected president with 87.5% percent of the vote Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (111 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
elections: National Assembly election last held 5 May 2002 (next to be held May 2007)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CDP 57, RDA-ADF 17, PDP/PS 10, CFD 5, PAI 5, others 17 Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Appeals Court Political parties and leaders: African Democratic Rally-Alliance for Democracy and Federation or RDA-ADF [Herman YAMEOGO]; Confederation for Federation and Democracy or CFD [Amadou Diemdioda DICKO]; Congress for Democracy and Progress or CDP [Roch Marc-Christian KABORE]; Movement for Tolerance and Progress or MTP [Nayabtigungou Congo KABORE]; Party for African Independence or PAI [Philippe OUEDRAOGO]; Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Joseph KI-ZERBO]; Socialist Party or PS [leader NA]; Union of Greens for the Development of Burkina Faso or UVDB [Ram OVEDRAGO] Political pressure groups and leaders: Burkinabe General Confederation of Labor or CGTB; Burkinabe Movement for Human Rights or MBDHP; Group of 14 February; National Confederation of Burkinabe Workers or CNTB; National Organization of Free Unions or ONSL; watchdog/political action groups throughout the country in both organizations and communities International organization participation: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, Entente, FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OIC, ONUB, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOCI, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Tertius ZONGO
chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-5577
FAX: [1] (202) 667-1882 Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Anthony HOLMES
embassy: 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau, Koulouba, Secteur 4
mailing address: 01 B. P. 35, Ouagadougou 01; pouch mail - U. S. Department of State, 2440 Ouagadougou Place, Washington, DC 20521-2440
telephone: [226] 306723
FAX: [226] 303890 Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia More about Burkina Faso: Introduction Geography People Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues

a word to describe a hit or collision, pow The car rolled down the hill and into the wall - bam!