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Japan to Install Vent System for Reactors After Fukushima Crisis
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8 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's power utilities plan to install vent systems with filters for nuclear reactors to reduce radioactive releases in the event of an accident, an industry group said. The system will cut emission of radioactive particles to less ...

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Four Freedoms Statues in Constitution Mall

What are the Four Freedoms that FDR spoke of in his famous speech to Congress? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described his goals for humanity in his famous Four Freedoms speech: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The speech was given as part of his State of the Union message on this date in 1941. In 1982, on the centenary of FDR's birth, the FDR Institute established the Four Freedoms Award to be given out annually to people who have shown themselves to be dedicated to the freedoms Roosevelt spoke of so eloquently. There is an award for each of the freedoms. Among the recipients of the awards have been Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Liv Ullman, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Teddy Kollek, Walter Cronkite, the March of Dimes and Aung San Suu Kyi.

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"That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation." — Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his Four Freedoms speech

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Venti Changes at Starbucks

Starbucks announced Chairman Howard Schultz will take over as chief executive, succeeding Jim Donald. Schultz plans to slow the number of new U.S. stores and close struggling locations, and accelerate the chain's expansion overseas. (Text of statement)

ven・ti・late

--> ━━ vt. 換気する, 風を通す; （血液を）新鮮な空気で浄化する; 換気装置をつける; （問題を）公表する, 自由に討議する.
ven・ti・la・tion　━━ n. 通風（状態）, 換気（装置）; （問題の）自由［公開］討議; 公表.
ven・ti・la・tor　━━ n. 換気する人, 換気装置; 通風孔.


ventilate (PROVIDE AIR)
verb [T]
to cause fresh air to enter and move around an enclosed space:
I work in a very well-/poorly-ventilated building.

ventilation 
noun [U]
Her tiny attic room had poor ventilation and in summer it became unbearably stuffy.
a ventilation system

ventilator
noun [C]
1 an opening or a device that allows fresh air to come into an enclosed space

2 a machine that helps people breathe correctly by allowing air to flow in and out of their lungs:
He was brought into intensive care shortly after the crash and immediately put on a ventilator.

ventilate (MAKE KNOWN)
verb [T] FORMAL
to state an opinion or mention a subject so that it can be discussed by others:
She used the meeting to ventilate all her grievances.

hyperventilate

verb [ I ]

UK 

 /ˌhaɪ.pəˈven.tɪ.leɪt/ US 

 /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈven.t̬əl.eɪt/

 

MEDICAL   specialized

to breathe too quickly and so cause too much oxygen to enter the blood:

She went into shock, shaking and hyperventilating.

We had to call the doctor because she was crying and hyperventilating.

 

to become too excited:

The children are hyperventilating with excitement.

I would never hyperventilate over the thought of meeting a celebrity.

close-knit
adjective
describes a group of people in which everyone helps and supports each other:
a close-knit family/community


unbearable 
adjective
too painful or unpleasant for you to continue to experience:
All I remember of childbirth was the unbearable pain and the relief when it was all over.
The atmosphere at work at the moment is quite unbearable.
The heat was unbearable.

[形]耐えられない, がまんできない

It's the unbearable heat.
やりきれない暑さだ.

unbearably 
adverb
The sun was almost unbearably hot today.

mil·len·ni·um (mə-lĕn'ē-əm)

n., pl., -len·ni·a (-lĕn'ē-ə), or -len·ni·ums.

1. A span of one thousand years.
2. A thousand-year period of holiness mentioned in Revelation 20, during which Jesus and his faithful followers are to rule on earth.
3. A hoped-for period of joy, serenity, prosperity, and justice.
4. A thousandth anniversary.

[New Latin mīllennium : Latin mīlle, thousand + Latin annus, year.]

millennial mil·len'ni·al (-əl) adj.
millennialism mil·len'ni·al·ism n.
millennialist mil·len'ni·al·ist n.
millennially mil·len'ni·al·ly adv.