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ZANU-PF

Note capitalization, hyphenated; this is the preferred acronym for the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front, Robert Mugabe's political party in Zimbabwe.

Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez

Note diacritics. Spanish politician elected Prime Minister of Spain in 2004, 2008; has announced he will not run again in 2012. Note he is Mr Zapatero at second mention, prefering the matronym rather than the patronym Rodríguez.

-ze

This is a regional English spelling issue. In general, the United States uses -ze while all other English regions use -se, with two noteworthy exceptions: capsize and synthesize use -ze. Use the standard in use where the news event occurs.

zeitgeist

Note lower case.

zeugma

A rhetorical technique using a single verb or adjective to apply to two or more objects, often inappropriately yet making sense. Examples:

• We ate coffee and cake.
• The queen takes counsel and tea. (Pope)
• She lowered her standards by raising her glass,
  Her courage, her eyes and his hopes. (Flanders and Swan)

zigzag

Not zig-zag. (From German Zickzack.)

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Former president of Tunisia, Ben Ali at second mention.

Zionism, Zionist

A religious belief in the right of people of Jewish faith to a homeland in Palestine. Note capitalisation. Do not use constructions as "ultra-Zionist" or "orthodox-Zionist".

zeros

Prefer over zeroes, although the latter is also correct. (See also -oes and plurals.)

złoty, zloty

The l with a stroke, ł, is the correct spelling of the Polish currency.