2024年4月14日 星期日

missing link,"card check" bill. American Pizazz Meets the Staid Traditions of Sumo



Two sumo wrestlers, both wearing tight shorts and no shirt, grapple with each other on a blue mat in front of fans as a referee watches.

American Pizazz Meets the Staid Traditions of Sumo

At Madison Square Garden, New Yorkers got a rare look at an ancient Japanese sport, cheering and booing as though they were watching a Yankees game.


Quote:

"I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we."Konrad Lorenz




First came the huge U.S. stimulus, then the huger budget, then the Obama universal health-care plan. But Big Labor, cheering each, was really waiting for this: the "card check" bill introduced last week and considered the missing link in the revival of unions in America.



Definition

"card check" bill 似指公會員證之查核法案

missing link noun [S]

1 something that is necessary to complete a series or solve a problem:
Those documents provided the missing link, and the police were able to make an arrest soon after they discovered them.

2 the missing link an animal which no longer exists or might never have existed and is thought to explain how humans developed from animals similar to monkeys

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