2022年8月21日 星期日

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A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.



In America and at the WHO, the departments in charge of epidemic readiness are often first in line when budget cuts are in order. Jonathan Quick likens that to closing the fire department because there has not been a conflagration for a while



The conflagration that illuminated the night sky over Los Angeles a few weeks ago—reducing a huge, half-built apartment block to ashes—has prompted calls for tougher safety requirements for large timber-frame buildings. The fireball shattered windows of surrounding high-rise office blocks, rendering them uninhabitable. Firemen and building inspectors were shocked by the intensity of the blaze http://econ.st/1rvCmMH





Putin's Silence on Syria Signals Resignation on Attack

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
MOSCOW - Russia has made its opposition to military intervention in Syria vehemently clear. The foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, warns daily about the risk of an escalating conflagration.

 

 

'Flagrant Conduct'

By DALE CARPENTER
Reviewed by DAVID OSHINSKY
Dale Carpenter's book is a detailed account of Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court case that overturned laws against homosexual conduct.

As Reforms Flag in Greece, Europe Aims to Limit Damage

European officials say the task of negotiations with lenders is less to help Greece through its troubles than to avoid an uncontrolled default that could threaten the global financial system.


flag3 (flăg) pronunciation
intr.v., flagged, flag·ging, flags.
  1. To hang limply; droop.
  2. To decline in vigor or strength: The conversation flagged.
[Possibly of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse flögra, to flap about.]



rank2
(răngk) pronunciation
adj., rank·er, rank·est.
  1. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor: rank vegetation in the jungle.
  2. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile: rank earth.
  3. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor.
  4. Conspicuously offensive: rank treachery. See synonyms at flagrant.
  5. Absolute; complete: a rank amateur; a rank stranger.
[Middle English ranc, from Old English, strong, overbearing.]


Flag Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com › flag


1 : to signal with or as if with a flag especially : to signal to stop flagged the train —often used with down · 2 : to mark or identify with or as if with a ...
Red-flag · ‎False flag · ‎Red flag law · ‎Blue flag

flagrant[fla・grant]


  • 発音記号[fléigrənt]
[形]((限定))〈うそなどが〉あからさまな;悪名高い, 破廉恥な.
[ラテン語flagrāns(flagrāre燃える+-ANT=燃えている→きわめて明らかな). △FLAME, CONFLAGRATION
fla・grant・ly
[副]紛れもなく;非道に.



conflagration

Translate conflagration | into Italian

noun

  • an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property: tinder-dry conditions sparked fears of a conflagration in many drought-devastated communities

Origin:

late 15th century (denoting consumption by fire): from Latin conflagratio(n-), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + flagrare 'to blaze'


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